A52 ICD 10 Code is a non-billable and non-specific code and should not be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes. There are other codes below it with greater level of diagnosis detail. The 2023 edition of the American ICD-10-CM code became effective on October 1, 2022.
Codes
- A52.0 Cardiovascular and cerebrovascular syphilis
- A52.00 Cardiovascular syphilis, unspecified
- A52.01 Syphilitic aneurysm of aorta
- A52.02 Syphilitic aortitis
- A52.03 Syphilitic endocarditis
- A52.04 Syphilitic cerebral arteritis
- A52.05 Other cerebrovascular syphilis
- A52.06 Other syphilitic heart involvement
- A52.09 Other cardiovascular syphilis
- A52.1 Symptomatic neurosyphilis
- A52.10 Symptomatic neurosyphilis, unspecified
- A52.11 Tabes dorsalis
- A52.12 Other cerebrospinal syphilis
- A52.13 Late syphilitic meningitis
- A52.14 Late syphilitic encephalitis
- A52.15 Late syphilitic neuropathy
- A52.16 Charcot's arthropathy (tabetic)
- A52.17 General paresis
- A52.19 Other symptomatic neurosyphilis
- A52.2 Asymptomatic neurosyphilis
- A52.3 Neurosyphilis, unspecified
- A52.7 Other symptomatic late syphilis
- 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
- A52.8 Late syphilis, latent
- A52.9 Late syphilis, unspecified
Possible back-references that may be applicable or related to A52 ICD10 Code:
- A00-B99 Certain infectious and parasitic diseases
- A50-A64 Infections with a predominantly sexual mode of transmission
Present On Admission (POA Exempt)
A52 ICD 10 code is considered exempt from POA reporting
Clinical information about A52 ICD 10 code
Syphilis is a sexually transmitted infection (STI) caused by bacteria. It infects the genital area, lips, mouth, or anus of both men and women. You usually get syphilis from sexual contact with someone who has it. It can also pass from mother to baby during pregnancy.
The early stage of syphilis usually causes a single, small, painless sore. Sometimes it causes swelling in nearby lymph nodes. If you do not treat it, syphilis usually causes a non-itchy skin rash, often on your hands and feet. Many people do not notice symptoms for years. Symptoms can go away and come back.
The sores caused by syphilis make it easier to get or give someone HIV during sex. If you are pregnant, syphilis can cause complications, or you could lose your baby. In rare cases, syphilis causes serious health problems and even death.
Syphilis is easy to cure with antibiotics if you catch it early. Correct usage of latex condoms greatly reduces, but does not completely eliminate, the risk of catching or spreading syphilis. If your or your partner is allergic to latex, you can use polyurethane condoms. The most reliable way to avoid infection is to not have anal, vaginal, or oral sex.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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