A52.7
A52.7 — Other symptomatic late syphilis
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
A52.7 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other symptomatic late syphilis. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Other codes that can never be billed with A52.7
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at A52.7. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading A52.7 alone.
- L99Other disorders of skin and subcutaneous tissue in diseases classified elsewhere
- M02Postinfective and reactive arthropathies
- M49Spondylopathies in diseases classified elsewhere
- M63Disorders of muscle in diseases classified elsewhere
- M90Osteopathies in diseases classified elsewhere
- N08Glomerular disorders in diseases classified elsewhere
- N16Renal tubulo-interstitial disorders in diseases classified elsewhere
- N29Other disorders of kidney and ureter in diseases classified elsewhere
Risk adjustment
A52.7 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Code to one of these instead A52.7
9 child codes. Green means billable.
- A52.71Late syphilitic oculopathy
- A52.72Syphilis of lung and bronchus
- A52.73Symptomatic late syphilis of other respiratory organs
- A52.74Syphilis of liver and other viscera
- A52.75Syphilis of kidney and ureter
- A52.76Other genitourinary symptomatic late syphilis
- A52.77Syphilis of bone and joint
- A52.78Syphilis of other musculoskeletal tissue
- A52.79Other symptomatic late syphilis
Related codes at this level
Codes that share A52. If A52.7 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about A52.7
- Is A52.7 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. A52.7 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does A52.7 sit in the tabular list?
- Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99), in the block Infections with a predominantly sexual mode of transmission (A50-A64).