A52.11

Tabes dorsalis

Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30

Exclusions 8 never code together

A50-A64block

Excludes1

nonspecific and nongonococcal urethritis (N34.1)N34.1
Reiter's disease (M02.3-)M02.3-

Excludes2

human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] disease (B20)B20

A00-B99chapter

Excludes1

certain localized infections - see body system-related chapters

Excludes2

carrier or suspected carrier of infectious disease (Z22.-)Z22.-
infectious and parasitic diseases complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O98.-)O98.-
infectious and parasitic diseases specific to the perinatal period (P35-P39)P35-P39
influenza and other acute respiratory infections (J00-J22)J00-J22

Excludes1 — never code together. The excluded condition and this one are mutually exclusive.

Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.

Instructional notes 4

A52.11code

Inclusion terms

Locomotor ataxia (progressive)
Tabetic neurosyphilis

A00-B99chapter

Includes

diseases generally recognized as communicable or transmissible

Use additional code

code to identify resistance to antimicrobial drugs (Z16.-)Z16.-

Index entries leading here 12

Syphilis, syphilitic (acquired) A53.9
- central nervous system (late) (recurrent) (relapse) (tertiary) A52.3
  - with
    - ataxia A52.11
    - tabes (dorsalis) A52.11
- ataxia (locomotor) A52.11
- combined spinal sclerosis A52.11
- conjugal A53.9
  - tabes A52.11
- ulcer (any site) (early) (secondary) A51.39
  - perforating A52.79
    - foot A52.11
- late A52.9
  - tabes A52.11
- locomotor ataxia A52.11
- sclerosis
  - multiple A52.11
- tabetic type A52.11
- tabes dorsalis (late) A52.11
Ataxia, ataxy, ataxic R27.0
- locomotor (progressive) (syphilitic) (partial) (spastic) A52.11
- spinal
  - progressive (syphilitic) A52.11
Atrophy, atrophic (of)
- neurogenic, bone, tabetic A52.11
- bone (senile) NEC — see also Disorder, bone, specified type NEC
  - due to
    - tabes dorsalis (neurogenic) A52.11
Tabes, tabetic A52.10
- bone A52.11
- dorsalis A52.11
Sclerosis, sclerotic
- spinal (cord) (progressive) G95.89
  - combined — see also Degeneration, combined
    - syphilitic A52.11
  - posterior (syphilitic) A52.11
Crisis
- Pel's (tabetic) A52.11
- tabetic A52.11
Duchenne's
- locomotor ataxia (syphilitic) A52.11
Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative
- syphilitic (any site) (early) (secondary) A51.39
  - perforating A52.79
    - foot A52.11
Spondylopathy M48.9
- neuropathic, in
  - tabes dorsalis A52.11
Neurosyphilis (arrested) (early) (gumma) (late) (latent) (recurrent) (relapse) A52.3
- tabes, tabetic (dorsalis) A52.11
Pel's crisis A52.11
Radiculopathy M54.10
- syphilitic A52.11

Alongside this code 8 same parent — A52.1

A52.10 Symptomatic neurosyphilis, unspecified 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

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This code

Billable: yes
Code set: FY2026
Parent: A52.1
Block: A50-A64
Siblings: 8

Present FY2024–FY2027.