A50.49
A50.49: Other late congenital neurosyphilis
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
A50.49 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other late congenital neurosyphilis. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check A50.49 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Juvenile tabes dorsalis
Other codes that can never be billed with A50.49
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- G94Other disorders of brain in diseases classified elsewhere
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
A50.49 is named in 2 Medicare coverage policies: 2 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A56580Billing and Coding: Computerized Axial Tomography (CT), Thorax
- A57204Billing and Coding: MRI and CT Scans of the Head and Neck
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Hydrocephalus›syphilitic, congenital
- Tabes, tabetic›juvenile
- Meningoencephalocele›syphilitic›congenital
- Tabes, tabetic›dorsalis›juvenile
- Dementia›in›neurosyphilis›juvenile
- Palsy›cerebral›syphilitic›congenital
- Dementia›in›neurosyphilis›juvenile›with behavioral disturbance
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.