I95.9 — Hypotension, unspecified
I95.9 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for hypotension, unspecified. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Risk adjustment
I95.9 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
I95.9 is named in 9 Medicare coverage policies — 9 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.
- A52868Billing and Coding: Transesophageal Echocardiography (TEE)
- A56505Billing and Coding: Transesophageal Echocardiography (TEE)
- A56625Billing and Coding: Echocardiography
- A56625Billing and Coding: Echocardiography
How I95.9 is indexed
Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to I95.9.
- Hypotension(arterial) (constitutional)
Related codes at this level
Codes that share I95. If I95.9 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about I95.9
- Is I95.9 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. I95.9 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does I95.9 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the circulatory system (I00-I99), in the block Other and unspecified disorders of the circulatory system (I95-I99).