I95.2

I95.2: Hypotension due to drugs

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

I95.2 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for hypotension due to drugs. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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code for adverse effect, if applicable, to identify drug (T36-T50 with fifth or sixth character 5)

Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

Orthostatic hypotension due to drugs

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above I95.2

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on I95: Hypotension

cardiovascular collapse (R57.9)
maternal hypotension syndrome (O26.5-)
nonspecific low blood pressure reading NOS (R03.1)

Other codes that can never be billed with I95.2

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

I95.1Orthostatic hypotension
R03.1Nonspecific low blood-pressure reading

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Medicare coverage

I95.2 is named in 5 Medicare coverage policies: 5 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A56500Billing and Coding: Cardiac Catheterization and Coronary Angiography
A56781Billing and Coding: Transthoracic Echocardiography (TTE)
A57189Billing and Coding: Serum Magnesium
A57306Billing and Coding: Transthoracic Echocardiography (TTE)

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Crisis›nitritoid
Hypotension›drug-induced
Hypotension›orthostatic›due to drugs

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.