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A52.8

Late syphilis, latent

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 3
A52.8code
Inclusion terms
  • Syphilis (acquired) without clinical manifestations, with positive serological reaction and negative spinal fluid test, two years or more after infection
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 1
  • Syphilis, syphilitic (acquired) A53.9
    • latent A53.0
      • follow-up of latent syphilis A53.0
        • late, or 2 years or more after infection A52.8
      • 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 A52.9
      • latent or 2 years or more after infection (without manifestations) A52.8
        • negative spinal fluid test A52.8
        • serology positive A52.8
Alongside this code 6 same parent — A52
A52.0 Cardiovascular and cerebrovascular syphilis category A52.1 Symptomatic neurosyphilis category A52.2 Asymptomatic neurosyphilis A52.3 Neurosyphilis, unspecified A52.7 Other symptomatic late syphilis category A52.9 Late syphilis, unspecified
Additional references
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Risk adjustment

Maps to no condition category in any loaded model.

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This code

Billable
yes
Code set
FY2026
Parent
A52
Block
A50-A64
Siblings
6

Present FY2024–FY2027.