Procedures with coordinate value range

Just started.

I am trying to make a procedure that I can attach to an item that will take effect if there is a certain block type above the player holding the item. But I want to 'get' the block type for any of the blocks above the player, or at least for a range, like 1-10. I am doing this by using an if/do argument for each individual y value ranging from 1 to 10. Is there a way to do it all in one argument by getting 'get block at xyz' to say something like, 'get block at x (y+(1 through 10)) z' ?? I'm assuming I will also have to tell it to check if any rather than all of the blocks are that type. 

Thanks in advance. New to all this.