A50.45

A50.45: Juvenile general paresis

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

A50.45 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for juvenile general paresis. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

Dementia paralytica juvenilis
Juvenile taboparetic neurosyphilis

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above A50.45

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on A50.4: Late congenital neurosyphilis [juvenile neurosyphilis]

Hutchinson's triad (A50.53)

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Medicare coverage

A50.45 is named in 6 Medicare coverage policies: 6 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A52996Billing and Coding: Routine Foot Care
A56937Billing and Coding: Psychiatry and Psychology Services
A57065Billing and Coding: Outpatient Psychiatry and Psychology Services
A57193Billing and Coding: Routine Foot Care and Debridement of Nails

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Dennie-Marfan syphilitic syndrome
Paralysis, paralytic›juvenile general
Paresis›juvenile(general)
Tabes, tabetic›congenital
Taboparesis›juvenile
Dementia›paralytica, paralytic›juvenilis
Neurosyphilis›paresis, paretic›juvenile
Neurosyphilis›tabes, tabetic›juvenile
Neurosyphilis›taboparesis›juvenile
Paralysis, paralytic›general›juvenile
Paresis›general›juvenile
Paresis›syphilitic›congenital

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.