I took my dodmerb physical today and had a blood pressure of 134/84 or 87. I was wondering if this qualifies, or if I am going to have to take a remedial. Thank you for your time.
140 over 90 is the threshold, so you're close but should be okay.
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2–19. Vascular system
a. Current or history of abnormalities of the arteries and blood vessels (447), including, but not limited to aneurysms
(442), atherosclerosis (440), or arteritis (446), do not meet the standard.
b. Current or history of hypertensive vascular disease (401) does not meet the standard.
Elevated blood pressure
defined as the average of three consecutive sitting blood pressure measurements separated by at least 10 minutes,
diastolic greater than 90 mmHg or three consecutive systolic pressure measurements greater than 140 mmHg does not
meet the standard (796.2).
c. History of pulmonary (415) or systemic embolization (444) does not meet the standard.
d. Current or history of peripheral vascular disease (443), including, but not limited to diseases such as Raynaud’s
Disease (443.0) does not meet the standard.
e. Current or history of venous diseases, including but not limited to, recurrent thrombophlebitis (451), thrombophlebitis during the preceding year, or any evidence of venous incompetence, such as large or symptomatic varicose
veins, edema, or skin ulceration (454), does not meet the standard.