Questionable As Principal Diagnosis ICD-10-CM Codes

The following 27 ICD-10-CM codes are not usually sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used as a principal diagnosis.

E11.9 Type 2 diabetes mellitus without complications
E13.9 Other specified diabetes mellitus without complications
E66.09 Other obesity due to excess calories
E66.1 Drug-induced obesity
E66.8 Other obesity
E66.9 Obesity, unspecified
H61.20 Impacted cerumen, unspecified ear
H61.21 Impacted cerumen, right ear
H61.22 Impacted cerumen, left ear
H61.23 Impacted cerumen, bilateral
I10 Essential (primary) hypertension
I44.4 Left anterior fascicular block
I44.5 Left posterior fascicular block
I44.60 Unspecified fascicular block
I44.69 Other fascicular block
I44.7 Left bundle-branch block, unspecified
I45.0 Right fascicular block
I45.10 Unspecified right bundle-branch block
I45.19 Other right bundle-branch block
R03.0 Elevated blood-pressure reading, without diagnosis of hypertension
R97.20 Elevated prostate specific antigen [PSA]
R97.21 Rising PSA following treatment for malignant neoplasm of prostate
Z21 Asymptomatic human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] infection status
Z45.010 Encounter for checking and testing of cardiac pacemaker pulse generator [battery]
Z45.018 Encounter for adjustment and management of other part of cardiac pacemaker
Z45.02 Encounter for adjustment and management of automatic implantable cardiac defibrillator
Z45.09 Encounter for adjustment and management of other cardiac device