A52.15

Late syphilitic neuropathy

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

Exclusions 8 never code together

Excludes1

Excludes2

Excludes1

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 6

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Index entries leading here 8

Syphilis, syphilitic (acquired) A53.9
- neuritis A52.15
  - acoustic A52.15
- acoustic nerve A52.15
- cerebral A52.17
  - nerves (multiple palsies) A52.15
- cranial nerve A52.15
  - multiple palsies A52.15
- ear A52.79
  - inner A52.79
    - neurorecurrence A52.15
    - nerve (eighth) A52.15
- eighth nerve (neuritis) A52.15
- nerve palsy (any cranial nerve) A52.15
  - multiple A52.15
- optic nerve (atrophy) (neuritis) (papilla) A52.15
- retrobulbar neuritis A52.15
- seventh nerve (paralysis) A52.15
Neuritis (rheumatoid) M79.2
- acoustic (nerve) H93.3
  - syphilitic A52.15
- retrobulbar — see also Neuritis, optic, retrobulbar
  - in (due to)
    - late syphilis A52.15
  - syphilitic A52.15
- syphilitic A52.15
Atrophy, atrophic (of)
- optic (nerve) H47.20
  - syphilitic (late) A52.15
- nerve — see also Disorder, nerve
  - optic (papillomacular bundle)
    - syphilitic (late) A52.15
Deafness (acquired) (complete) (hereditary) (partial) H91.9
- syphilitic A52.15
Disturbance (s) — see also Disease
- neuromuscular mechanism (eye) , due to syphilis A52.15
Polyneuropathy (peripheral) G62.9
- in (due to)
  - syphilis (late) A52.15
- syphilitic (late) A52.15
Paralysis, paralytic (complete) (incomplete) G83.9
- nerve — see also Disorder, nerve
  - syphilitic A52.15
Neurosyphilis (arrested) (early) (gumma) (late) (latent) (recurrent) (relapse) A52.3
- optic atrophy A52.15

Alongside this code 8 same parent — A52.1

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Present FY2024–FY2027.