ICD-10-CM Code A52.71

Valid for Submission

A52.71 is a billable code used to specify a medical diagnosis of late syphilitic oculopathy. The code is valid for the year 2020 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions. The ICD-10-CM code A52.71 might also be used to specify conditions or terms like bacterial chorioretinitis, infective scleritis, iris nodule, iris papulosa, ocular syphilis, syphilitic chorioretinitis, etc

Tabular List of Diseases and Injuries

The Tabular List of Diseases and Injuries is a list of ICD-10 codes, organized "head to toe" into chapters and sections with guidance for inclusions, exclusions, descriptions and more. The following references are applicable to the code A52.71:

Inclusion Terms

Inclusion Terms
These terms are the conditions for which that code is to be used. The terms may be synonyms of the code title, or, in the case of "other specified" codes, the terms are a list of the various conditions assigned to that code. The inclusion terms are not necessarily exhaustive. Additional terms found only in the Alphabetic Index may also be assigned to a code.

• Late syphilitic chorioretinitis
• Late syphilitic episcleritis

Index to Diseases and Injuries

The Index to Diseases and Injuries is an alphabetical listing of medical terms, with each term mapped to one or more ICD-10 code(s). The following references for the code A52.71 are found in the index:

• - Chorioretinitis - See Also: Inflammation, chorioretinal;
  • - in (due to)
    • - syphilis (secondary) - A51.43
      • - late - A52.71
  • - syphilitic (secondary) - A51.43
    • - late - A52.71

• - Conjunctivitis (staphylococcal) (streptococcal) NOS - H10.9
  • - in (due to)
    • - syphilis (late) - A52.71

• - Dacryocystitis - H04.30
  • - syphilitic - A52.71

• - Episcleritis (suppurative) - H15.10
  • - in (due to)
    • - syphilis - A52.71
  • - syphilitic (late) - A52.71

• - Glaucoma - H40.9
  • - syphilitic - A52.71

• - Gumma (syphilitic) - A52.79
  • - ciliary body - A52.71
  • - eyelid - A52.71
  • - iris - A52.71
  • - orbit - 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;
  • - papulosa (syphilitic) - A52.71
  • - syphilitic (secondary) - A51.43
    • - late - A52.71

• - Oculopathy
  • - syphilitic NEC - A52.71
    • - late - A52.71

• - Retinitis - See Also: Inflammation, chorioretinal;
  • - syphilitic (early) (secondary) - A51.43
    • - central, recurrent - A52.71
    • - late - A52.71

• - Retinochoroiditis - See Also: Inflammation, chorioretinal;
  • - disseminated - See: Inflammation, chorioretinal, disseminated;
    • - syphilitic - A52.71

• - Scleritis - H15.00
  • - syphilitic - A52.71

• - 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
  • - hyalitis - A52.71
  • - iris, iritis (secondary) - A51.43
    • - late - A52.71
  • - lacrimal passages (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
  • - uveal tract (secondary) - A51.43
    • - late - A52.71
  • - uveitis (secondary) - A51.43
    • - late - A52.71
  • - vitreous (opacities) (late) - A52.71
    • - hemorrhage - A52.71

• - Tarsitis (eyelid) - H01.8
  • - syphilitic - A52.71

• - Uveitis (anterior) - See Also: Iridocyclitis;
  • - syphilitic (secondary) - A51.43
    • - late - A52.71

Synonyms

The following clinical terms are approximate synonyms or lay terms that might be used to identify the correct diagnosis code:

• Bacterial chorioretinitis
• Infective scleritis
• Iris nodule
• Iris papulosa
• Ocular syphilis
• Syphilitic chorioretinitis
• Syphilitic choroiditis
• Syphilitic episcleritis
• Syphilitic retinitis
• Tertiary syphilitic chorioretinitis

Diagnostic Related Groups

The ICD-10 code A52.71 is grouped in the following groups for version MS-DRG V37.0 What are Diagnostic Related Groups?
The Diagnostic Related Groups (DRGs) are a patient classification scheme which provides a means of relating the type of patients a hospital treats. The DRGs divides all possible principal diagnoses into mutually exclusive principal diagnosis areas referred to as Major Diagnostic Categories (MDC). applicable from 10/01/2020 through 09/30/2020.

• 124 - OTHER DISORDERS OF THE EYE WITH MCC
• 125 - OTHER DISORDERS OF THE EYE WITHOUT MCC

Convert A52.71 to ICD-9

• 095.0 - Syphilitic episcleritis (Approximate Flag)

Code Classification

• Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00–B99)
  • Infections with a predominantly sexual mode of transmission (A50-A64)
    • Late syphilis (A52)

Code History

• FY 2016 - New Code, effective from 10/1/2015 through 9/30/2016
  (First year ICD-10-CM implemented into the HIPAA code set)
• FY 2017 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2016 through 9/30/2017
• FY 2018 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2017 through 9/30/2018
• FY 2019 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2018 through 9/30/2019
• FY 2020 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2019 through 9/30/2020

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