ICD-10 · PDGM grouping
A52 Late syphilis
All 30 codes in the A52 family, with the PDGM clinical group, comorbidity subgroup and primary-position rule CMS assigns, read from the CMS grouper crosswalk v07.2.26 and the CDC FY2027 code file.
Codes in family
30
Can lead a claim
30
Cannot lead a claim
0
What CMS assigns to A52
All 30 codes group to MMTA - Infectious Disease, Neoplasms, and Blood-Forming Diseases (19), Neuro Rehabilitation (10) and Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation (1). None of the 30 is assigned a comorbidity subgroup. Every code can lead a claim.
Every code in A52
Descriptions are CDC’s FY2027 wording; where CMS’s grouper abbreviates one, its form is shown beneath.
| Code | Description | Primary position | Clinical group | Comorbidity subgroup |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A52.0 Cardiovascular and cerebrovascular syphilis | ||||
| A52.00 | Cardiovascular syphilis, unspecified | Can lead a claim | K | None |
| A52.01 | Syphilitic aneurysm of aorta | Can lead a claim | K | None |
| A52.02 | Syphilitic aortitis | Can lead a claim | K | None |
| A52.03 | Syphilitic endocarditis | Can lead a claim | K | None |
| A52.04 | Syphilitic cerebral arteritis | Can lead a claim | K | None |
| A52.05 | Other cerebrovascular syphilis | Can lead a claim | K | None |
| A52.06 | Other syphilitic heart involvement | Can lead a claim | K | None |
| A52.09 | Other cardiovascular syphilis | Can lead a claim | K | None |
| A52.1 Symptomatic neurosyphilis | ||||
| A52.10 | Symptomatic neurosyphilis, unspecified | Can lead a claim | B | None |
| A52.11 | Tabes dorsalis | Can lead a claim | B | None |
| A52.12 | Other cerebrospinal syphilis | Can lead a claim | B | None |
| A52.13 | Late syphilitic meningitis | Can lead a claim | B | None |
| A52.14 | Late syphilitic encephalitis | Can lead a claim | B | None |
| A52.15 | Late syphilitic neuropathy | Can lead a claim | B | None |
| A52.16 | Charcot's arthropathy (tabetic) | Can lead a claim | E | None |
| A52.17 | General paresis | Can lead a claim | B | None |
| A52.19 | Other symptomatic neurosyphilis | Can lead a claim | B | None |
| A52.2 | Asymptomatic neurosyphilis | Can lead a claim | B | None |
| A52.3 | Neurosyphilis, unspecified | Can lead a claim | B | None |
| A52.7 Other symptomatic late syphilis | ||||
| A52.71 | Late syphilitic oculopathy | Can lead a claim | K | None |
| A52.72 | Syphilis of lung and bronchus | Can lead a claim | K | None |
| A52.73 | Symptomatic late syphilis of other respiratory organs | Can lead a claim | K | None |
| A52.74 | Syphilis of liver and other viscera | Can lead a claim | K | None |
| A52.75 | Syphilis of kidney and ureter | Can lead a claim | K | None |
| A52.76 | Other genitourinary symptomatic late syphilis | Can lead a claim | K | None |
| A52.77 | Syphilis of bone and joint | Can lead a claim | K | None |
| A52.78 | Syphilis of other musculoskeletal tissue | Can lead a claim | K | None |
| A52.79 | Other symptomatic late syphilis | Can lead a claim | K | None |
| A52.8 | Late syphilis, latent | Can lead a claim | K | None |
| A52.9 | Late syphilis, unspecified | Can lead a claim | K | None |
Sources: CMS HH PPS Grouper Software v07.2.26, effective 2026-10-01, for the clinical group, comorbidity subgroup, code-first conventions and primary-position flags; CDC NCHS ICD-10-CM FY2027 code descriptions for the family title and code wording. This is the crosswalk Medicare runs a claim through. Grouping also depends on admission source, timing, the OASIS functional items and the rest of the diagnosis list.
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