A50.0
A50.0: Early congenital syphilis, symptomatic
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
A50.0 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for early congenital syphilis, symptomatic. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Any congenital syphilitic condition specified as early or manifest less than two years after birth.
Other codes that can never be billed with A50.0
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- 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 A50.0
9 child codes. Green means billable.
- A50.01Early congenital syphilitic oculopathy
- A50.02Early congenital syphilitic osteochondropathy
- A50.03Early congenital syphilitic pharyngitis
- A50.04Early congenital syphilitic pneumonia
- A50.05Early congenital syphilitic rhinitis
- A50.06Early cutaneous congenital syphilis
- A50.07Early mucocutaneous congenital syphilis
- A50.08Early visceral congenital syphilis
- A50.09Other early congenital syphilis, symptomatic
Other codes under A50
- 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