A52.79
Other symptomatic late syphilis
Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 9 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 7
A52.79code
Inclusion terms
- Late syphilitic leukoderma
- Syphilis of adrenal gland
- Syphilis of pituitary gland
- Syphilis of thyroid gland
- Syphilitic splenomegaly
Index entries leading here 18
- Syphilis, syphilitic (acquired) A53.9
- abdomen (late) A52.79
- adrenal (gland) (with cortical hypofunction) A52.79
- anemia (late) A52.79
- breast (late) A52.79
- ear A52.79
- inner A52.79
- esophagus A52.79
- gumma NEC A52.79
- internal ear A52.79
- ulcer (any site) (early) (secondary) A51.39
- mucous
- mucocutaneous (secondary) A51.39
- late A52.79
- mouth (secondary) A51.39
- late A52.79
- lymph gland (early) (secondary) A51.49
- late A52.79
- late A52.9
- leukoderma A51.39
- late A52.79
- lip A51.39
- late A52.79
- skin (with ulceration) (early) (secondary) A51.39
- late or tertiary A52.79
- lienitis A52.79
- macular atrophy of skin A51.39
- striated A52.79
- tertiary A52.9
- nodular superficial (late) A52.79
- palate (late) A52.79
- peripheral nerve A52.79
- pituitary (gland) A52.79
- spleen A52.79
- splenomegaly A52.79
- uvula (late) (perforated) A52.79
- thyroid (late) A52.79
- tongue (late) A52.79
- thymus (gland) (late) A52.79
- Anemia (essential) (general) (hemoglobin deficiency) (infantile) (primary) (profound) D64.9
- syphilitic (acquired) (late) A52.79
- Atrophoderma, atrophodermia (of) L90.9
- Atrophy, atrophic (of)
- Babinski's syndrome A52.79
- Stenosis, stenotic (cicatricial) — see also Stricture
- Stricture — see also Stenosis
- Gumma (syphilitic) A52.79
- Labyrinthitis (circumscribed) (destructive) (diffuse) (inner ear) (latent) (purulent) (suppurative) H83.0
- syphilitic A52.79
- Lymphadenitis I88.9
- Leukoderma, leukodermia NEC L81.5
- Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative
- Leukoplakia
- syphilitic (late) A52.79
- Perforation, perforated (nontraumatic) (of)
- Rupia (syphilitic) A51.39
- tertiary A52.79
- Splenomegaly, splenomegalia (Bengal) (cryptogenic) (idiopathic) (tropical) R16.1
- syphilitic A52.79
- Syphilid A51.39
- tubercular (late) A52.79
- Syphiloma A52.79
Alongside this code 8 same parent — A52.7
A52.71 Late syphilitic oculopathy 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
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