ICD-10-CM › A00-B99 › A50-A64 › A52 Late syphilis › A52.7
A52.7
Other symptomatic late syphilis
Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.
Submit one of these 9 more specific codes instead:
- A52.71 Late syphilitic oculopathy
- A52.72 Syphilis of lung and bronchus
- A52.73 Symptomatic late syphilis of other respiratory organs
- A52.74 Syphilis of liver and other viscera
- A52.75 Syphilis of kidney and ureter
- A52.76 Other genitourinary symptomatic late syphilis
- A52.77 Syphilis of bone and joint
- A52.78 Syphilis of other musculoskeletal tissue
- A52.79 Other symptomatic late syphilis
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2012 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.
- FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Other symptomatic late syphilis
Official coding rules
Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.
Inherited from the A50-A64 section Infections with a predominantly sexual mode of transmission (A50-A64)
Excludes1 - never coded here
- nonspecific and nongonococcal urethritis (N34.1)
- Reiter's disease (M02.3-)
Excludes2 - not included here
- human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] disease (B20)
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| A52.0 | Cardiovascular and cerebrovascular syphilis | Not billable |
| A52.1 | Symptomatic neurosyphilis | Not billable |
| A52.2 | Asymptomatic neurosyphilis | Valid |
| A52.3 | Neurosyphilis, unspecified | Valid |
| A52.8 | Late syphilis, latent | Valid |
| A52.9 | Late syphilis, unspecified | Valid |