Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026. Acts as a Complication or Comorbidity (CC) as a secondary diagnosis.
Applicable to
Late syphilitic leukoderma
Syphilis of adrenal gland
Syphilis of pituitary gland
Syphilis of thyroid gland
Syphilitic splenomegaly
Excludes1 (never code together)
syphilitic leukoderma (secondary) (A51.39)
MS-DRG index
Defines the logic of DRG(s) 867-869 in MDC 18.
Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)
095.8 Other specified forms of late symptomatic syphilis (approximate)
095.9 Late symptomatic syphilis, unspecified (approximate)
Code annotations containing back-references to A52.79
Back-references to A52.79
Type 1 Excludes: A51.39 Other secondary syphilis of skin ("late syphilitic leukoderma (A52.79)")
Code First: D63.8 Anemia in other chronic diseases classified elsewhere ("symptomatic late syphilis (A52.79)")
Type 1 Excludes: D73.1 Hypersplenism ("splenitis, splenomegaly in late syphilis (A52.79)")
Type 1 Excludes: D77 Other disorders of blood and blood-forming organs in diseases classified elsewhere ("splenitis, splenomegaly in late syphilis (A52.79)")
Type 1 Excludes: E35 Disorders of endocrine glands in diseases classified elsewhere ("syphilis of endocrine gland (A52.79)")
Type 1 Excludes: H94.8 Other specified disorders of ear in diseases classified elsewhere ("syphilitic labyrinthitis (A52.79)")
Type 1 Excludes: K23 Disorders of esophagus in diseases classified elsewhere ("late syphilis (A52.79)")
Type 1 Excludes: L99 Other disorders of skin and subcutaneous tissue in diseases classified elsewhere ("skin disorders in syphilis (A51.31, A52.79)")
Back-references to A52
Type 2 Excludes: N34 Urethritis and urethral syndrome ("urethritis in diseases with a predominantly sexual mode of transmission (A50-A64)")