A52.15
A52.15: Late syphilitic neuropathy
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
A52.15 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for late syphilitic neuropathy. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check A52.15 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Late syphilitic acoustic neuritis
- Late syphilitic optic (nerve) atrophy
- Late syphilitic polyneuropathy
- Late syphilitic retrobulbar neuritis
Other codes that can never be billed with A52.15
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
A52.15 is named in 29 Medicare coverage policies: 26 listing it as supporting medical necessity, and 3 listing it as NOT covered. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A56731Billing and Coding: Nerve Blocks and Electrostimulation for Peripheral Neuropathynot covered
- A57589Billing and Coding: Nerve Blocks for Peripheral Neuropathynot covered
- A57663Billing and Coding: Nerve Blocks for Peripheral Neuropathynot covered
- A52996Billing and Coding: Routine Foot Care
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Deafness›syphilitic
- Disturbance›neuromuscular mechanism, due to syphilis(eye)
- Neuritis›syphilitic
- Neurosyphilis›optic atrophy
- Polyneuropathy›syphilitic(late)
- Syphilis, syphilitic›acoustic nerve
- Syphilis, syphilitic›cranial nerve
- Syphilis, syphilitic›eighth nerve(neuritis)
- Syphilis, syphilitic›nerve palsy(any cranial nerve)
- Syphilis, syphilitic›neuritis
- Syphilis, syphilitic›optic nerve(atrophy) (neuritis) (papilla)
- Syphilis, syphilitic›retrobulbar neuritis
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.