A52.11 Tabes dorsalis

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

Applicable to

• Locomotor ataxia (progressive)
• Tabetic neurosyphilis

MS-DRG index

Defines the logic of DRG(s) 056-057 in MDC 01.

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 094.0 Tabes dorsalis (approximate)

Code annotations containing back-references to A52.11

Back-references to A52.11

• Type 1 Excludes: G32.0 Subacute combined degeneration of spinal cord in diseases classified elsewhere ("syphilitic combined degeneration of spinal cord (A52.11)")
• Type 1 Excludes: G98.0 Neurogenic arthritis, not elsewhere classified ("tabes dorsalis (A52.11)")
• Type 1 Excludes: M49 Spondylopathies in diseases classified elsewhere ("neuropathic [tabes dorsalis] spondylitis (A52.11)")
• Type 1 Excludes: M49 Spondylopathies in diseases classified elsewhere ("neuropathic spondylopathy in tabes dorsalis (A52.11)")
• Type 1 Excludes: M90 Osteopathies in diseases classified elsewhere ("neurogenic syphilis (A52.11)")
• Type 1 Excludes: R26 Abnormalities of gait and mobility ("locomotor (syphilitic) ataxia (A52.11)")

Back-references to A52.1

• Type 1 Excludes: G99.8 Other specified disorders of nervous system in diseases classified elsewhere ("syphilis (A52.1-)")

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 A52.11

• Ataxia, ataxy, ataxic › locomotor (progressive) (syphilitic) (partial) (spastic)
• Ataxia, ataxy, ataxic › spinal › progressive (syphilitic)
• Atrophy, atrophic (of) › bone (senile) NEC › due to › tabes dorsalis (neurogenic)
• Atrophy, atrophic (of) › neurogenic, bone, tabetic
• Crisis › Pel's (tabetic)
• Crisis › tabetic
• Duchenne's › locomotor ataxia (syphilitic)
• Neurosyphilis (arrested) (early) (gumma) (late) (latent) (recurrent) (relapse) › tabes, tabetic (dorsalis)
• Pel's crisis
• Radiculopathy › syphilitic
• Sclerosis, sclerotic › spinal (cord) (progressive) › combined › syphilitic
• Sclerosis, sclerotic › spinal (cord) (progressive) › posterior (syphilitic)
• Spondylopathy › neuropathic, in › tabes dorsalis
• Syphilis, syphilitic (acquired) › ataxia (locomotor)
• Syphilis, syphilitic (acquired) › central nervous system (late) (recurrent) (relapse) (tertiary) › with › ataxia
• Syphilis, syphilitic (acquired) › central nervous system (late) (recurrent) (relapse) (tertiary) › with › tabes (dorsalis)
• Syphilis, syphilitic (acquired) › combined spinal sclerosis
• Syphilis, syphilitic (acquired) › conjugal › tabes
• Syphilis, syphilitic (acquired) › late › tabes
• Syphilis, syphilitic (acquired) › locomotor ataxia
• Syphilis, syphilitic (acquired) › sclerosis › multiple
• Syphilis, syphilitic (acquired) › tabes dorsalis (late)
• Syphilis, syphilitic (acquired) › tabetic type
• Syphilis, syphilitic (acquired) › ulcer (any site) (early) (secondary) › perforating › foot
• Tabes, tabetic › bone
• Tabes, tabetic › dorsalis
• Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative › syphilitic (any site) (early) (secondary) › perforating › foot

Nearby codes

• 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
• A52.11 Tabes dorsalis (this code)
• A52.12 Other cerebrospinal syphilis
• A52.13 Late syphilitic meningitis
• A52.14 Late syphilitic encephalitis
• A52.15 Late syphilitic neuropathy
• A52.16 Charcot's arthropathy (tabetic)