Hypertension, malignant
ICD10 Diagnosis | |
Dx: | Hypertension, malignant |
ICD10 code: | I10.1 |
Pre-ICD10 counterpart: | Malignant Hypertension |
Charlson/ALERT Scale: | none |
APACHE Como Component: | none |
APACHE Acute Component: | 2019-0: Hypertension, 2019-0: CV NOS, 2019-0: Cardiovascular NOS |
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Additional Info
- Malignant hypertension is extremely high blood pressure that usually develops rapidly and to qualify MUST be associated with some type of acute organ damage from the high BP
- The acute organ damage can be of any degree (and includes hypertensive encephalopathy which can be fully reversible once the BP comes down) and any organ -- but must be due to the high BP itself.
- What is considered "extremely high" is, in textbooks SBP>180 or DBP>110, but are certainly people with BP this high that is "chronic" that don't have the organ damage that's required for this code. Malignant hypertension should be treated as a medical emergency.
- BUT if somebody has a BP say 178/108 that's acute and has the organ damage, it should STILL be called malignant hypertension despite not meeting that arbitrary numerical threshold.
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