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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

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

  • 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

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 A52.0

8 child codes. Green means billable.

Other codes under A52

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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