Diagnosis Code

I67.4 HYPERTENSIVE ENCEPHALOPATHY


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: I67.4

Short Description: Hypertensive encephalopathy

Long Description: Hypertensive encephalopathy

The code I67.4 is VALID for claim submission

Code Classification:

  • Diseases of the circulatory system (I00–I99)
    • Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69)
      • Other cerebrovascular diseases (I67)
        • I67.4 Hypertensive encephalopathy

Code Version: 2022 ICD-10-CM


Synonyms

  • Dementia due to hypertensive encephalopathy
  • Dementia due to metabolic abnormality
  • Hypertensive encephalopathy

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code I67.4 has the following ICD-10-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Type 2 Excludes Notes:
    • insufficiency, NOS, of precerebral arteries (@G45.2*)
  • Code Also:
    • , if applicable, associated hypertensive conditions such as:
    • essential (primary) hypertension (@I10*)
    • hypertensive chronic kidney disease (@I12*.-)
    • hypertensive heart and chronic kidney disease (@I13*.-)
    • hypertensive heart disease (@I11*.-)

Crosswalk Information

ICD-10 Code ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
I67.4 Right Arrow 437.2 Hypertens encephalopathy

This ICD-10 to ICD-9 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-10 Code ICD-10 Description
I67 Other cerebrovascular diseases
I67.0 Dissection of cerebral arteries, nonruptured
I67.1 Cerebral aneurysm, nonruptured
I67.2 Cerebral atherosclerosis
I67.3 Progressive vascular leukoencephalopathy
I67.5 Moyamoya disease
I67.6 Nonpyogenic thrombosis of intracranial venous system
I67.7 Cerebral arteritis, not elsewhere classified
I67.8 Other specified cerebrovascular diseases
I67.81 Acute cerebrovascular insufficiency
I67.82 Cerebral ischemia
I67.83 Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome
I67.84 Cerebral vasospasm and vasoconstriction
I67.841 Reversible cerebrovascular vasoconstriction syndrome
I67.848 Other cerebrovascular vasospasm and vasoconstriction
I67.85 Hereditary cerebrovascular diseases
I67.850 Cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy
I67.858 Other hereditary cerebrovascular disease
I67.89 Other cerebrovascular disease
I67.9 Cerebrovascular disease, unspecified


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