A52.71
A52.71: Late syphilitic oculopathy
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
A52.71 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for late syphilitic oculopathy. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check A52.71 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Late syphilitic chorioretinitis
- Late syphilitic episcleritis
Other codes that can never be billed with A52.71
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
A52.71 is named in 1 Medicare coverage policy: 1 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A57483Billing and Coding: Visual Fields
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Dacryocystitis›syphilitic
- Episcleritis›syphilitic(late)
- Glaucoma›syphilitic
- Gumma›ciliary body
- Gumma›eyelid
- Gumma›iris
- Gumma›orbit
- Hemianopia, hemianopsia›syphilitic
- Hyalitis, hyalosis, asteroid›syphilitic(late)
- Iritis›papulosa(syphilitic)
- Oculopathy›syphilitic NEC
- Scleritis›syphilitic
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Other codes under A52.7
- A52.72Syphilis of lung and bronchus
- A52.73Symptomatic late syphilis of other respiratory organs
- A52.74Syphilis of liver and other viscera
- A52.75Syphilis of kidney and ureter
- A52.76Other genitourinary symptomatic late syphilis
- A52.77Syphilis of bone and joint
- A52.78Syphilis of other musculoskeletal tissue
- A52.79Other symptomatic late syphilis