A52.17
A52.17: General paresis
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
A52.17 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for general paresis. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check A52.17 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Dementia paralytica
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
A52.17 is named in 13 Medicare coverage policies: 13 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A52996Billing and Coding: Routine Foot Care
- A56232Billing and Coding: Foot Care
- A56680Billing and Coding: Routine Foot Care
- A56773Billing and Coding: Neurophysiology Evoked Potentials (NEPs)
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Bayle's disease(general paresis)
- Lissauer's paralysis
- Taboparalysis
- Taboparesis(remission)
- Convulsions›paretic
- Dementia›paralytica, paralytic(syphilitic)
- Dementia›paretic
- Dementia›progressive, syphilitic
- Neurosyphilis›general paresis
- Neurosyphilis›paresis, paretic
- Neurosyphilis›taboparesis(taboparetic)
- Paralysis, paralytic›dementia
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.