A52.0
A52.0 — Cardiovascular and cerebrovascular syphilis
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
A52.0 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for cardiovascular and cerebrovascular syphilis. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Other codes that can never be billed with A52.0
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at A52.0. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading A52.0 alone.
- I32Pericarditis in diseases classified elsewhere
- I39Endocarditis and heart valve disorders in diseases classified elsewhere
- I41Myocarditis in diseases classified elsewhere
- I52Other heart disorders in diseases classified elsewhere
- I60Nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage
- I68.2Cerebral arteritis in other diseases classified elsewhere
- I68.8Other cerebrovascular disorders in diseases classified elsewhere
- I79.0Aneurysm of aorta in diseases classified elsewhere
Risk adjustment
A52.0 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.
Code to one of these instead A52.0
8 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share A52. If A52.0 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about A52.0
- Is A52.0 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. A52.0 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does A52.0 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).