ICD-10 code for tabetic type syphilis

The ICD-10-CM code for tabetic type syphilis is A52.11 (Tabes dorsalis). The official index lists 1 more specific code, so check the documentation for details such as type, cause, site or severity before settling on A52.11.

Within A52.1 (symptomatic neurosyphilis), A52.11 is specifically for Tabes dorsalis. Related codes cover unspecified (A52.10), other cerebrospinal syphilis (A52.12), late syphilitic meningitis (A52.13), late syphilitic encephalitis (A52.14), late syphilitic neuropathy (A52.15), Charcot's arthropathy (tabetic) (A52.16), general paresis (A52.17) and other symptomatic neurosyphilis (A52.19).

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 056 (Degenerative Nervous System Disorders with MCC, relative weight 2.2655) and DRG 057 (Degenerative Nervous System Disorders without MCC, relative weight 1.2838), in MDC 01 (Diseases and Disorders of the Nervous System), as a principal or secondary diagnosis. The DRG a claim lands in depends on the principal diagnosis, procedures and any CC/MCC secondary diagnoses.