A52.04 Syphilitic cerebral arteritis

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) 314-316 in MDC 05.

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 093.89 Other specified cardiovascular syphilis (approximate)

Code annotations containing back-references to A52.04

Back-references to A52.04

• Type 1 Excludes: I68.2 Cerebral arteritis in other diseases classified elsewhere ("syphilis (A52.04)")

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 A52.04

• Arteritis › brain › syphilitic
• Arteritis › cerebral › syphilitic
• Arteritis › syphilitic (general) › brain
• Endarteritis (bacterial, subacute) (infective) › syphilitic › brain or cerebral
• Gumma (syphilitic) › artery › cerebral
• Neurosyphilis (arrested) (early) (gumma) (late) (latent) (recurrent) (relapse) › arteritis (any artery) (cerebral)
• Syphilis, syphilitic (acquired) › mesarteritis › brain

Nearby codes

• A52.0 Cardiovascular and cerebrovascular syphilis
• A52.00 Cardiovascular syphilis, unspecified
• A52.01 Syphilitic aneurysm of aorta
• A52.02 Syphilitic aortitis
• A52.03 Syphilitic endocarditis
• A52.04 Syphilitic cerebral arteritis (this code)
• A52.05 Other cerebrovascular syphilis
• A52.06 Other syphilitic heart involvement
• A52.09 Other cardiovascular syphilis
• A52.1 Symptomatic neurosyphilis
• A52.10 Symptomatic neurosyphilis, unspecified