6The Impact of the Opioid Crisis on the Healthcare System. An analysis of the increase in per-patient charges from 2013 to 2015 shows that the rise in charges from. $50,490 to $63,356 for individuals with an opioid abuse or dependence diagnosis exceeds the per-.
Patients who present to the emergency department for one condition will have their vitals taken and some are found to have essential hypertension (ICD-9 code 401.9) with the blood pressure readings of âSystolic BP â¥ 140 mm Hg and/or diastolic â¥ 90 mm Hgâ.
Blood pressure can vary during the day. Therefore, one elevated blood pressure reading cannot be diagnosed as hypertension. ICD-9-CM code 796.2 is assigned for elevated blood pressure without a diagnosis of hypertension and for transient or borderline hypertension. Once hypertension is established by a physician, a code from category 401 is assigned, with a fourth digit required: 0 for malignant, 1 for benign, and 9 for unspecified.