A52.71
Late syphilitic oculopathy
Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 8 never code together
A50-A64block
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
Index entries leading here 16
- Retinitis — see also Inflammation, chorioretinal
- Syphilis, syphilitic (acquired) A53.9
- chorioretinitis A51.43
- late A52.71
- ciliary body (secondary) A51.43
- late A52.71
- conjunctiva (late) A52.71
- cornea, late A52.71
- dacryocystitis (late) A52.71
- episcleritis (late) A52.71
- eye A52.71
- eyelid (late) (with gumma) A52.71
- glaucoma A52.71
- hemianopsia A52.71
- vitreous (opacities) (late) A52.71
- hemorrhage A52.71
- hyalitis A52.71
- iris, iritis (secondary) A51.43
- late A52.71
- lacrimal passages (late) A52.71
- uveitis (secondary) A51.43
- late A52.71
- uveal tract (secondary) A51.43
- late A52.71
- lens (late) A52.71
- oculopathy A52.71
- ophthalmic (late) A52.71
- orbit (late) A52.71
- ptosis (eyelid) A52.71
- retina, late A52.71
- sclera (late) A52.71
- scotoma (central) A52.71
- staphyloma A52.71
- chorioretinitis A51.43
- Chorioretinitis — see also Inflammation, chorioretinal
- Gumma (syphilitic) A52.79
- Conjunctivitis (staphylococcal) (streptococcal) NOS H10.9
- in (due to)
- syphilis (late) A52.71
- in (due to)
- Dacryocystitis H04.30
- syphilitic A52.71
- Retinochoroiditis — see also Inflammation, chorioretinal
- disseminated — see Inflammation, chorioretinal, disseminated
- syphilitic A52.71
- disseminated — see Inflammation, chorioretinal, disseminated
- Episcleritis (suppurative) H15.10
- Glaucoma H40.9
- syphilitic A52.71
- Hemianopia, hemianopsia (heteronymous) H53.47
- syphilitic A52.71
- Hyalitis, hyalosis, asteroid — see also Deposit, crystalline
- syphilitic (late) A52.71
- Iritis — see also Iridocyclitis
- Oculopathy
- Uveitis (anterior) — see also Iridocyclitis
- Scleritis H15.00
- syphilitic A52.71
- Tarsitis (eyelid) H01.8
- syphilitic A52.71
Alongside this code 8 same parent — A52.7
A52.72 Syphilis of lung and bronchus A52.73 Symptomatic late syphilis of other respiratory organs A52.74 Syphilis of liver and other viscera A52.75 Syphilis of kidney and ureter A52.76 Other genitourinary symptomatic late syphilis A52.77 Syphilis of bone and joint A52.78 Syphilis of other musculoskeletal tissue A52.79 Other symptomatic late syphilis
Additional references
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