ICD-10 diagnosis code

A52.1 Symptomatic neurosyphilis

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A52.1 is the ICD-10 code for Symptomatic neurosyphilis. It is a four-character subcategory of A52 (Late 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 A52.1 includes

Conditions and terms that are coded here.

  • Late syphilitic:
  • Syphilitic parkinsonism G22
  • Syphilitic (tabetic) arthropathy M14.6
  • Tabes dorsalis

What A52.1 excludes

Conditions that look similar but belong under another code.

  • Charcot arthropathy G98

A52.1 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

A52.1Symtomatisk neurosyfilis

NorwayICD-10-NO

A52.1Symptomgivende nevrosyfilis

DenmarkICD-10-DK

DA521Sen symptomatisk neurosyfilis

  • DA521DTabes dorsalis
FinlandICD-10-FI

A52.1Oireinen hermostokuppa

GermanyICD-10-GM

A52.1Floride Neurosyphilis

FranceICD-10-FR

A52.1Syphilis nerveuse symptomatique

NetherlandsICD-10-NL

A52.1symptomatische neurosyfilis

United StatesICD-10-CM

Listed through more specific codes:

  • A52.10Symptomatic neurosyphilis, unspecified
  • A52.11Tabes dorsalis
  • A52.12Other cerebrospinal syphilis
  • A52.13Late syphilitic meningitis
  • A52.14Late syphilitic encephalitis
  • A52.15Late syphilitic neuropathy
  • A52.16Charcot's arthropathy (tabetic)
  • A52.17General paresis
  • 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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