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ICD-10 diagnosis code

A50.0 Early congenital syphilis, symptomatic

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A50.0 is the ICD-10 code for Early congenital syphilis, symptomatic. It is a four-character subcategory of A50 (Congenital syphilis), the most specific level in the WHO edition. It belongs to the block A50–A64 (Infections with a predominantly sexual mode of transmission) in Chapter I, Certain infectious and parasitic diseases.

Code type
Subcategory (4 characters)
Chapter
I · A00–B99
Classification
WHO ICD-10, 2019 version

What A50.0 includes

Conditions and terms that are coded here.

  • Early congenital syphilis:
    • cutaneous
    • mucocutaneous
    • visceral
  • Early congenital syphilitic:
    • laryngitis
    • oculopathy
    • osteochondropathy
    • pharyngitis
    • pneumonia
    • rhinitis

Coding notes

  • Any congenital syphilitic condition specified as early or manifest less than two years after birth.

A50.0 in national editions

Countries report with their own edition of ICD-10. Most keep the WHO code and add more specific codes beneath it.

SwedenICD-10-SE

A50.0Tidig medfödd syfilis med symtom

NorwayICD-10-NO

A50.0Symptomgivende medfødt tidlig syfilis

DenmarkICD-10-DK

DA500Tidlig medfødt symptomgivende syfilis

FinlandICD-10-FI

A50.0Oireinen synnynnäinen varhaiskuppa

GermanyICD-10-GM

A50.0Floride konnatale Frühsyphilis

FranceICD-10-FR

A50.0Syphilis congénitale précoce, symptomatique

NetherlandsICD-10-NL

A50.0vroege congenitalesyfilis, symptomatisch

United StatesICD-10-CM

Listed through more specific codes:

  • A50.01Early congenital syphilitic oculopathy
  • A50.02Early congenital syphilitic osteochondropathy
  • A50.03Early congenital syphilitic pharyngitis
  • A50.04Early congenital syphilitic pneumonia
  • A50.05Early congenital syphilitic rhinitis
  • A50.06Early cutaneous congenital syphilis
  • A50.07Early mucocutaneous congenital syphilis
  • A50.08Early visceral congenital syphilis
  • and 1 more national subcodes

Based on the World Health Organization’s International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th revision (ICD-10), 2019 version, and the national editions published by each country’s health authority. This page is a reference, not coding advice; follow your national coding rules when you report.

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