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A51.3

A51.3: Secondary syphilis of skin and mucous membranes

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

A51.3 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for secondary syphilis of skin and mucous membranes. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Other codes that can never be billed with A51.3

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

  • L99Other disorders of skin and subcutaneous tissue in diseases classified elsewhere
  • A52.79Other symptomatic late syphilis

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 A51.3

3 child codes. Green means billable.

Other codes under A51

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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