ICD-10-CM code · FY2027

I15.0 Renovascular hypertension

BillableValid for claims as a specific diagnosis code

About I15.0

Code
I15.0
Billable
Yes
Short description
Renovascular hypertension
Category
I15 Secondary hypertension
Block
I10-I1A Hypertensive diseases
Chapter
9 Diseases of the circulatory system
Code set
FY2027, October 1, 2026 to September 30, 2027
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Coding notes for I15.0

No notes of its own; the notes below apply from the codes above it.

Also applies, from I15 Secondary hypertension

Excludes1 Not coded here: never report these together with this code (use the code given instead).

  • postprocedural hypertension (I97.3)

Excludes2 Not part of this condition, but a patient can have both: report both codes when both apply.

  • secondary hypertension involving vessels of brain (I60-I69)
  • secondary hypertension involving vessels of eye (H35.0-)

Code also Another code may be needed as well; the order depends on the encounter.

  • underlying condition
Block I10-I1A notes (apply to every code in it)

Excludes1 Not coded here: never report these together with this code (use the code given instead).

  • neonatal hypertension (P29.2)
  • primary pulmonary hypertension (I27.0)

Excludes2 Not part of this condition, but a patient can have both: report both codes when both apply.

  • hypertensive disease complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O10-O11, O13-O16)

Use additional code Add a second code for the detail named here.

  • code to identify:
  • exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z77.22)
  • history of tobacco dependence (Z87.891)
  • occupational exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z57.31)
  • tobacco dependence (F17.-)
  • tobacco use (Z72.0)
Chapter 9 notes (apply to every code in it)

Excludes2 Not part of this condition, but a patient can have both: report both codes when both apply.

  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
  • congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
  • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
  • neoplasms (C00-D49)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
  • systemic connective tissue disorders (M30-M36)
  • transient cerebral ischemic attacks and related syndromes (G45.-)

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ICD-10-CM FY2027 code set, as published by the CDC National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) and CMS, effective October 1, 2026 to September 30, 2027. Codes, titles and notes are shown as published. Check payer rules and the official guidelines before billing. This page is not medical advice.