Late syphilitic oculopathy

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2016 onwards.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2007 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.

FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Late syphilitic oculopathy

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)

How CDC's index refers to this code

Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.

Choroiditis
Lues, luetic
Neuroretinitis
Abscess > sclera
Choroidoretinitis
Dacryopericystitis
Retinitis > luetic
Abscess > tear duct
Caruncle > lacrimal
Lesion > syphilitic
Uveitis > posterior
Neurochorioretinitis
Scleroconjunctivitis
Dacryocystoblennorrhea
Boil > lacrimal > passages
Disease, diseased > venereal
Treponema pallidum infection
Abscess > lacrimal > caruncle
Abscess > lacrimal > passages
Cellulitis > lacrimal passages
Disease, diseased > syphilitic
Furuncle > lacrimal > passages
Carbuncle > lacrimal > passages
Disease, diseased > eye > syphilitic
Treponematosis > due to > T. pallidum
Disorder > lacrimal system > inflammation
Infection, infected, infective > specific
Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory > retina
Disease, diseased > sexually transmitted > syphilis
Infection, infected, infective > Treponema pallidum
Infection, infected, infective > lacrimal > passages
Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory > lacrimal > passages
Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative > sclera
Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory > uveal tract NOS > posterior
Gumma > iris
Gumma > orbit
Gumma > eyelid
Iritis > papulosa
Gumma > ciliary body
Glaucoma > syphilitic

Showing 40 of 83 index phrases.

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
A52.72	Syphilis of lung and bronchus	Valid
A52.73	Symptomatic late syphilis of other respiratory organs	Valid
A52.74	Syphilis of liver and other viscera	Valid
A52.75	Syphilis of kidney and ureter	Valid
A52.76	Other genitourinary symptomatic late syphilis	Valid
A52.77	Syphilis of bone and joint	Valid
A52.78	Syphilis of other musculoskeletal tissue	Valid
A52.79	Other symptomatic late syphilis	Valid