Late syphilis, latent
- A52.8 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
- The 2024 edition of ICD-10-CM A52.8 became effective on October 1, 2023.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of A52.8 – other international versions of ICD-10 A52.8 may differ.
Applicable To
- Syphilis (acquired) without clinical manifestations, with positive serological reaction and negative spinal fluid test, two years or more after infection
The following code(s) above A52.8 contain annotation back-references
that may be applicable to A52.8:
- A00-B99 Certain infectious and parasitic diseases
- A50-A64 Infections with a predominantly sexual mode of transmission
Approximate Synonyms
- Late latent syphilis
- Syphilis, late latent
ICD-10-CM A52.8 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v41.0):
- 867 Other infectious and parasitic diseases diagnoses with mcc
- 868 Other infectious and parasitic diseases diagnoses with cc
- 869 Other infectious and parasitic diseases diagnoses without cc/mcc
Convert A52.8 to ICD-9-CMCode History
- 2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
- 2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
- 2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
- 2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
- 2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
- 2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change
- 2022 (effective 10/1/2021): No change
- 2023 (effective 10/1/2022): No change
- 2024 (effective 10/1/2023): No change
Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to A52.8:
- Syphilis, syphilitic (acquired) A53.9
- lateA52.9
- latent or 2 years or more after infection (without manifestations) A52.8
- negative spinal fluid test A52.8
- serology positive A52.8
- latent or 2 years or more after infection (without manifestations) A52.8
- latentA53.0
- follow-up of latent syphilisA53.0
- late, or 2 years or more after infection A52.8
- positive serology (only finding) A53.0
- late, or 2 years or more after infection A52.8
- late, or 2 years or more after infection A52.8
- follow-up of latent syphilisA53.0
- lateA52.9