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Benign hypertension

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Benign hypertension or benign essential hypertension are medical terms now considered obsolete, but once used to describe mild to moderate hypertension (high blood pressure).

These historical terms are considered misleading,[1] as hypertension is never benign. Coonsequently, the terms have fallen out of use (see history of hypertension). The terminology persisted in the International Classification of Disease (ICD9), but is not included in the ICD10 as of 2014. [2]

References

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  1. ^ McIver C (September 1964). "Blood pressure; a consideration of terminology". Can Med Assoc J. 91 (11): 578–80. PMC 1927435 . PMID 14175874.
  2. ^ Beckman, Kenneth D. (March 2014). "How to document and code for hypertensive diseases in ICD-10". Family Practice Management. 21 (2): 5–9. ISSN 1531-1929. PMID 24693838.
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