A50.05 — Early congenital syphilitic rhinitis
A50.05 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for early congenital syphilitic rhinitis. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Other codes that can never be billed with A50.05
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at A50.05. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading A50.05 alone.
- P28.89Other specified respiratory conditions of newborn
Risk adjustment
A50.05 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
How A50.05 is indexed
Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to A50.05.
- Snuffles›syphilitic(infant)
- Syphilis, syphilitic›coryza, congenital
- Coryza›syphilitic›congenital(chronic)
- Rhinitis›syphilitic›congenital
- Syphilis, syphilitic›congenital›early, or less than 2 years after birth NEC›symptomatic›rhinitis
Related codes at this level
Codes that share A50.0. If A50.05 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- A50.01Early congenital syphilitic oculopathy
- A50.02Early congenital syphilitic osteochondropathy
- A50.03Early congenital syphilitic pharyngitis
- A50.04Early congenital syphilitic pneumonia
- A50.06Early cutaneous congenital syphilis
- A50.07Early mucocutaneous congenital syphilis
- A50.08Early visceral congenital syphilis
- A50.09Other early congenital syphilis, symptomatic
Questions about A50.05
- Is A50.05 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. A50.05 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does A50.05 sit in the tabular list?
- Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99), in the block Infections with a predominantly sexual mode of transmission (A50-A64).