A52.05
A52.05: Other cerebrovascular syphilis
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
A52.05 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other cerebrovascular syphilis. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check A52.05 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Syphilitic cerebral aneurysm (ruptured) (non-ruptured)
- Syphilitic cerebral thrombosis
Other codes that can never be billed with A52.05
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
A52.05 is named in 3 Medicare coverage policies: 3 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A56625Billing and Coding: Echocardiography
- A56805Billing and Coding: Magnetic Resonance Angiography (MRA)
- A57326Billing and Coding: Electrocardiograms
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Aneurysm›central nervous system, syphilitic
- Angiopathia, angiopathy›retinae syphilitica
- Neurosyphilis›aneurysm(cerebral)
- Neurosyphilis›hemorrhagic
- Neurosyphilis›thrombosis(cerebral)
- Neurosyphilis›vascular NEC(cerebral)
- Syphilis, syphilitic›cerebrovascular
- Aneurysm›brain›syphilitic(hemorrhage)
- Aneurysm›syphilitic›central nervous system
- Syphilis, syphilitic›aneurysm›central nervous system
- Syphilis, syphilitic›central nervous system›aneurysm
- Syphilis, syphilitic›central nervous system›vascular
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.