R03.0
R03.0: Elevated blood-pressure reading, without diagnosis of hypertension
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
R03.0 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for elevated blood-pressure reading, without diagnosis of hypertension. It is valid for submission on a claim.
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Additional guidance from the ICD-10-CM tabular list.
- This category is to be used to record an episode of elevated blood pressure in a patient in whom no formal diagnosis of hypertension has been made, or as an isolated incidental finding.
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
R03.0 is named in 1 Medicare coverage policy: 1 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
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Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Borderline›hypertension
- Hypertension, hypertensive›borderline
- Hypertension, hypertensive›transient
- Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalities›blood pressure›elevated
- Elevated, elevation›blood pressure›reading, no diagnosis of hypertension(incidental) (isolated) (nonspecific)
- High›blood pressure›borderline
- High›blood pressure›reading, without diagnosis of hypertension(incidental) (isolated) (nonspecific)
- Tension›arterial, high›without diagnosis of hypertension
- Blood›pressure›high›borderline
- Blood›pressure›high›incidental reading, without diagnosis of hypertension
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.