A65
A65 — Nonvenereal syphilis
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
A65 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for nonvenereal syphilis. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Bejel
- Endemic syphilis
- Njovera
Risk adjustment
A65 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
How A65 is indexed
Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to A65.
- Bejel
- Dichuchwa
- Njovera
- Siti
- Skerljevo
- Syphilis, syphilitic›endemic
- Syphilis, syphilitic›nonvenereal
Questions about A65
- Is A65 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. A65 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does A65 sit in the tabular list?
- Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99), in the block Other spirochetal diseases (A65-A69).