A52.71 Late syphilitic oculopathy

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

Applicable to

• Late syphilitic chorioretinitis
• Late syphilitic episcleritis

MS-DRG index

Defines the logic of DRG(s) 124-125 in MDC 02.

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 095.0 Syphilitic episcleritis (approximate)

Code annotations containing back-references to A52.71

Back-references to A52.71

• Type 1 Excludes: H20.0 Acute and subacute iridocyclitis ("iridocyclitis, iritis, uveitis (due to) (in) late syphilis (A52.71)")
• Type 1 Excludes: H42 Glaucoma in diseases classified elsewhere ("glaucoma (in) syphilis (A52.71)")

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 A52.71

• Chorioretinitis › in (due to) › syphilis (secondary) › late
• Chorioretinitis › syphilitic (secondary) › late
• Conjunctivitis (staphylococcal) (streptococcal) NOS › in (due to) › syphilis (late)
• Dacryocystitis › syphilitic
• Episcleritis (suppurative) › in (due to) › syphilis
• Episcleritis (suppurative) › syphilitic (late)
• Glaucoma › syphilitic
• Gumma (syphilitic) › ciliary body
• Gumma (syphilitic) › eyelid
• Gumma (syphilitic) › iris
• Gumma (syphilitic) › orbit
• Hemianopia, hemianopsia (heteronymous) › syphilitic
• Hyalitis, hyalosis, asteroid › syphilitic (late)
• Iritis › papulosa (syphilitic)
• Iritis › syphilitic (secondary) › late
• Oculopathy › syphilitic NEC
• Oculopathy › syphilitic NEC › late
• Retinitis › syphilitic (early) (secondary) › central, recurrent
• Retinitis › syphilitic (early) (secondary) › late
• Retinochoroiditis › disseminated › syphilitic
• Scleritis › syphilitic
• Syphilis, syphilitic (acquired) › chorioretinitis › late
• Syphilis, syphilitic (acquired) › ciliary body (secondary) › late
• Syphilis, syphilitic (acquired) › conjunctiva (late)
• Syphilis, syphilitic (acquired) › cornea, late
• Syphilis, syphilitic (acquired) › dacryocystitis (late)
• Syphilis, syphilitic (acquired) › episcleritis (late)
• Syphilis, syphilitic (acquired) › eye
• Syphilis, syphilitic (acquired) › eyelid (late) (with gumma)
• Syphilis, syphilitic (acquired) › glaucoma
• Syphilis, syphilitic (acquired) › hemianopsia
• Syphilis, syphilitic (acquired) › hyalitis
• Syphilis, syphilitic (acquired) › iris, iritis (secondary) › late
• Syphilis, syphilitic (acquired) › lacrimal passages (late)
• Syphilis, syphilitic (acquired) › lens (late)
• Syphilis, syphilitic (acquired) › oculopathy
• Syphilis, syphilitic (acquired) › ophthalmic (late)
• Syphilis, syphilitic (acquired) › orbit (late)
• Syphilis, syphilitic (acquired) › ptosis (eyelid)
• Syphilis, syphilitic (acquired) › retina, late
• Syphilis, syphilitic (acquired) › sclera (late)
• Syphilis, syphilitic (acquired) › scotoma (central)
• Syphilis, syphilitic (acquired) › staphyloma
• Syphilis, syphilitic (acquired) › uveal tract (secondary) › late
• Syphilis, syphilitic (acquired) › uveitis (secondary) › late
• Syphilis, syphilitic (acquired) › vitreous (opacities) (late)
• Syphilis, syphilitic (acquired) › vitreous (opacities) (late) › hemorrhage
• Tarsitis (eyelid) › syphilitic
• Uveitis (anterior) › syphilitic (secondary) › late

Nearby codes

• A52.17 General paresis
• A52.19 Other symptomatic neurosyphilis
• A52.2 Asymptomatic neurosyphilis
• A52.3 Neurosyphilis, unspecified
• A52.7 Other symptomatic late syphilis
• A52.71 Late syphilitic oculopathy (this code)
• A52.72 Syphilis of lung and bronchus
• A52.73 Symptomatic late syphilis of other respiratory organs
• A52.74 Syphilis of liver and other viscera
• A52.75 Syphilis of kidney and ureter
• A52.76 Other genitourinary symptomatic late syphilis