796.3 LOW BLOOD PRESS READING


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 796.3

Short Description: Low blood press reading

Long Description: Nonspecific low blood pressure reading

Code Classification:

  • Symptoms, signs, and ill-defined conditions (780–799)
    • Nonspecific abnormal findings (790-796)
      • 796 Other nonspecific abnormal findings
        • 796.3 Low blood press reading

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 796.3 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalities - see also Anomaly
    • blood pressure
      • low (see also Hypotension) 458.9
        • reading (incidental) (isolated) (nonspecific) 796.3
  • Blood
    • pressure
      • low (see also Hypotension) 458.9
        • incidental reading (isolated) (nonspecific), without diagnosis of hypotension 796.3
  • Decrease, decreased
    • blood
      • pressure 796.3
        • due to shock following
          • injury 958.4
          • operation 998.00
  • Hypotension (arterial) (constitutional) 458.9
    • transient 796.3
  • Low
    • blood pressure (see also Hypotension) 458.9
      • reading (incidental) (isolated) (nonspecific) 796.3

Crosswalk Information

The code 796.3 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
796.3 Right Arrow R03.1 Nonspecific low blood-pressure reading
This ICD-9 to ICD-10 data is based on the 2018 General Equivalency Mapping (GEM) files published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for informational purposes only. The data is not an ICD-10 conversion tool and doesn’t guarantee clinical accuracy.

Similar Codes

ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
796.0 Nonspecific abnormal toxicological findings
796.1 Abnormal reflex
796.2 Elevated blood pressure reading without diagnosis of hypertension
796.4 Other abnormal clinical findings
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796.6 Abnormal findings on neonatal screening
796.70 Abnormal glandular Papanicolaou smear of anus
796.71 Papanicolaou smear of anus with atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance (ASC-US)
796.72 Papanicolaou smear of anus with atypical squamous cells cannot exclude high grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (ASC-H)
796.73 Papanicolaou smear of anus with low grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (LGSIL)
796.74 Papanicolaou smear of anus with high grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (HGSIL)
796.75 Anal high risk human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA test positive
796.76 Papanicolaou smear of anus with cytologic evidence of malignancy
796.77 Satisfactory anal smear but lacking transformation zone
796.78 Unsatisfactory anal cytology smear
796.79 Other abnormal Papanicolaou smear of anus and anal HPV
796.9 Other nonspecific abnormal findings


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