A52.16 Charcôt's arthropathy (tabetic)

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) 056-057 in MDC 01.

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 094.0 Tabes dorsalis (approximate)
• 713.5 Arthropathy associated with neurological disorders (approximate)

Code annotations containing back-references to A52.16

Back-references to A52.16

• Type 1 Excludes: M02 Postinfective and reactive arthropathies ("tabetic arthropathy [Charcôt's] (A52.16)")
• Type 1 Excludes: M14 Arthropathies in other diseases classified elsewhere ("neurosyphillis (A52.16)")
• Type 1 Excludes: M14.6 Charcôt's joint ("Charcôt's joint in tabes dorsalis (A52.16)")

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 A52.16

• Arthritis, arthritic (acute) (chronic) (nonpyogenic) (subacute) › syphilitic (late)
• Arthritis, arthritic (acute) (chronic) (nonpyogenic) (subacute) › syphilitica deformans (Charcot)
• Arthropathy › tabes dorsalis
• Arthropathy › tabetic
• Charcot's › disease (tabetic arthropathy)
• Charcot's › joint (disease) (tabetic)
• Syphilis, syphilitic (acquired) › Charcot's joint
• Tabes, tabetic › with › Charcot's joint
• Tabes, tabetic › arthropathy (Charcot)

Nearby codes

• A52.11 Tabes dorsalis
• 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) (this code)
• A52.17 General paresis
• A52.19 Other symptomatic neurosyphilis
• A52.2 Asymptomatic neurosyphilis
• A52.3 Neurosyphilis, unspecified
• A52.7 Other symptomatic late syphilis