ICD-11 classes
11 Diseases of the circulatory system
Hypertensive diseases
BA00 — Essential hypertension
ICD-11 BA00 — Essential hypertension
Essential (primary) hypertension, accounting for 95% of all cases of hypertension, is defined as high blood pressure for which a secondary cause cannot be found.
It includes 1 item.
- high blood pressure
It excludes 2 items.
- Cerebrovascular diseases (8B00-8B2Z)
- Background retinopathy and retinal vascular changes (9B78.1)
Diagnosis with code BA00 contains 6 clarifying diagnoses:
- BA00.0 — Combined diastolic and systolic hypertension
- BA00.1 — Isolated diastolic hypertension
- BA00.2 — Isolated systolic hypertension
- JA20.0 — Pre-existing essential hypertension complicating pregnancy, childbirth or the puerperium
- BA00.Y — Other specified essential hypertension
- BA00.Z — Essential hypertension, unspecified
The diagnosis is included in 1 another class.
- Pre-existing essential hypertension complicating pregnancy, childbirth or the puerperium (JA20.0)