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ICD-10-CM category R03: Abnormal blood-pressure reading, without diagnosis

Category R03 is a heading in chapter 18 (Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99)), section Symptoms and signs involving the circulatory and respiratory systems (R00-R09). It is not billable; report one of the 2 complete codes below.

Billable codes in R03

Billable FY2027 ICD-10-CM codes in category R03
CodeDescription
R03.0Elevated blood-pressure reading, without diagnosis of hypertension
R03.1Nonspecific low blood-pressure reading

Sources

Every figure on this page is taken from the CMS publications below, as released by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Projection built 2026-10-10. Verify against the primary file before billing or contracting decisions. The reference methodology explains how each figure is computed from these files.

Codes from the FY2027 ICD-10-CM files (all chapters). Report the code that matches the documentation and the Official Guidelines; this list is not coding advice.