ICD-10 code for syphilitic rhinitis

The ICD-10-CM code for syphilitic rhinitis is A52.73 (Symptomatic late syphilis of other respiratory organs). The official index lists 1 more specific code, so check the documentation for details such as type, cause, site or severity before settling on A52.73.

Within A52.7, choose A52.73 (Symptomatic late syphilis of other respiratory organs) only when documentation doesn't support a more specific option: late syphilitic oculopathy (A52.71), syphilis of lung and bronchus (A52.72), syphilis of liver and other viscera (A52.74), syphilis of kidney and ureter (A52.75), other genitourinary symptomatic late syphilis (A52.76), syphilis of bone and joint (A52.77), syphilis of other musculoskeletal tissue (A52.78) and other symptomatic late syphilis (A52.79).

As a secondary diagnosis it is a CC (complication or comorbidity), which can move an inpatient stay into the "with CC" MS-DRG of its family, unless the principal diagnosis excludes it.

In MS-DRG v44.0, it is part of the grouping logic for DRG 867 (Other Infectious and Parasitic Diseases Diagnoses with MCC, relative weight 2.1859), DRG 868 (Other Infectious and Parasitic Diseases Diagnoses with CC, relative weight 1.0235) and DRG 869 (Other Infectious and Parasitic Diseases Diagnoses without CC/MCC, relative weight 0.6787), in MDC 18 (Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Systemic or Unspecified Sites), as a principal or secondary diagnosis. The DRG a claim lands in depends on the principal diagnosis, procedures and any CC/MCC secondary diagnoses.