ICD-10-CM code "A53": Other and unspecified syphilis (2024)

Overview

ICD-10 CodeA53
DescriptionOther and unspecified syphilis
Hierarchy
  1. Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
  2. Infections with a predominantly sexual mode of transmission (A50-A64)
  3. Other and unspecified syphilis (A53)
Billable statusNon billable code

Excludes

  1. Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)

    Type 1certain localized infections - see body system-related chapters

    Type 2carrier or suspected carrier of infectious disease (Z22.-)

    Type 2infectious and parasitic diseases complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O98.-)

    Type 2infectious and parasitic diseases specific to the perinatal period (P35-P39)

    Type 2influenza and other acute respiratory infections (J00-J22)

  2. Infections with a predominantly sexual mode of transmission (A50-A64)

    Type 1nonspecific and nongonococcal urethritis (N34.1)

    Type 1Reiter's disease (M02.3-)

    Type 2human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] disease (B20)

  3. Other and unspecified syphilis (A53)

Includes

  1. Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)

    Includesdiseases generally recognized as communicable or transmissible

  2. Infections with a predominantly sexual mode of transmission (A50-A64)
  3. Other and unspecified syphilis (A53)

Subcategories