A52.02 Syphilitic aortitis

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026. Acts as a Complication or Comorbidity (CC) as a secondary diagnosis.

MS-DRG index

Defines the logic of DRG(s) 306-307 in MDC 05.

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 093.1 Syphilitic aortitis

Code annotations containing back-references to A52.02

Back-references to A52.02

• Type 1 Excludes: I79.1 Aortitis in diseases classified elsewhere ("syphilitic aortitis (A52.02)")

Back-references to A52

• Type 2 Excludes: N34 Urethritis and urethral syndrome ("urethritis in diseases with a predominantly sexual mode of transmission (A50-A64)")

Diagnosis Index entries for A52.02

• Aortitis (nonsyphilitic) (calcific) › Doehle-Heller
• Aortitis (nonsyphilitic) (calcific) › luetic
• Aortitis (nonsyphilitic) (calcific) › specific (syphilitic)
• Aortitis (nonsyphilitic) (calcific) › syphilitic
• Arteritis › aorta (nonsyphilitic) › syphilitic
• Disease, diseased › aorta (nonsyphilitic) › syphilitic NEC
• Doehle-Heller aortitis
• Syphilis, syphilitic (acquired) › aorta (arch) (abdominal) (thoracic)

Nearby codes

• A52 Late syphilis
• A52.0 Cardiovascular and cerebrovascular syphilis
• A52.00 Cardiovascular syphilis, unspecified
• A52.01 Syphilitic aneurysm of aorta
• A52.02 Syphilitic aortitis (this code)
• A52.03 Syphilitic endocarditis
• A52.04 Syphilitic cerebral arteritis
• A52.05 Other cerebrovascular syphilis
• A52.06 Other syphilitic heart involvement
• A52.09 Other cardiovascular syphilis