A50
A50: Congenital syphilis
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
A50 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for congenital syphilis. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Other codes that can never be billed with A50
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- G94Other disorders of brain in diseases classified elsewhere
- H20.0Acute and subacute iridocyclitis
- K00.2Abnormalities of size and form of teeth
- K00.4Disturbances in tooth formation
- A50.3Late congenital syphilitic oculopathy
- A50.4Late congenital neurosyphilis [juvenile neurosyphilis]
- A53.9Syphilis, unspecified
- P28.89Other specified respiratory conditions of newborn
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Code to one of these instead A50
9 child codes. Green means billable.
- A50.0Early congenital syphilis, symptomatic
- A50.1Early congenital syphilis, latent
- A50.2Early congenital syphilis, unspecified
- A50.3Late congenital syphilitic oculopathy
- A50.4Late congenital neurosyphilis [juvenile neurosyphilis]
- A50.5Other late congenital syphilis, symptomatic
- A50.6Late congenital syphilis, latent
- A50.7Late congenital syphilis, unspecified
- A50.9Congenital syphilis, unspecified