ICD-10-CM Codes
A00-B99 Certain infectious and parasitic diseases
A50-A64 Infections with a predominantly sexual mode of transmission
A52- Late syphilis

2020 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code A52.11

Tabes dorsalis

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

Billable/Specific Code

A52.11 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
The 2020 edition of ICD-10-CM A52.11 became effective on October 1, 2019.
This is the American ICD-10-CM version of A52.11 - other international versions of ICD-10 A52.11 may differ.

Applicable To

Locomotor ataxia (progressive)
Tabetic neurosyphilis

The following code(s) above A52.11 contain annotation back-references

Annotation Back-References

In this context, annotation back-references refer to codes that contain:

Applicable To annotations, or
Code Also annotations, or
Code First annotations, or
Excludes1 annotations, or
Excludes2 annotations, or
Includes annotations, or
Note annotations, or
Use Additional annotations

that may be applicable to A52.11:

A00-B99
2020 ICD-10-CM Range A00-B99
Certain infectious and parasitic diseases
Includes
- diseases generally recognized as communicable or transmissible
Type 1 Excludes
- certain localized infections - see body system-related chapters
Type 2 Excludes
- carrier or suspected carrier of infectious disease (Z22.-)
- infectious and parasitic diseases complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O98.-)
- infectious and parasitic diseases specific to the perinatal period (P35-P39)
- influenza and other acute respiratory infections (J00-J22)
Use Additional
- code to identify resistance to antimicrobial drugs (Z16.-)
Certain infectious and parasitic diseases
A50-A64
2020 ICD-10-CM Range A50-A64
Infections with a predominantly sexual mode of transmission
Type 1 Excludes
- human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] disease (B20)
- nonspecific and nongonococcal urethritis (N34.1)
- Reiter's disease (M02.3-)
Infections with a predominantly sexual mode of transmission

Clinical Information

A form of neurosyphilis characterized by slowly progressive degeneration of the spinal cord. Signs and symptoms include pain, ataxia, loss of coordination, personality changes, blindness, urinary incontinence, dementia, and degeneration of the joints.
Parenchymatous neurosyphilis marked by slowly progressive degeneration of the posterior columns, posterior roots, and ganglia of the spinal cord. The condition tends to present 15 to 20 years after the initial infection and is characterized by lightening-like pains in the lower extremities, urinary incontinence; ataxia; severely impaired position and vibratory sense, abnormal gait (see gait disorders, neurologic), optic atrophy; argyll-robertson pupils, hypotonia, hyperreflexia, and trophic joint degeneration (charcot's joint; see arthropathy, neurogenic). (from Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p726)

ICD-10-CM A52.11 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v37.0):

056 Degenerative nervous system disorders with mcc
057 Degenerative nervous system disorders without mcc

Convert A52.11 to ICD-9-CM

Code History

2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change

Code annotations containing back-references to A52.11:

Type 1 Excludes: G32.0
, M49
, M49
, G98.0
, M90
, R26

ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code G32.0
Subacute combined degeneration of spinal cord in diseases classified elsewhere
Applicable To
- Dana-Putnam syndrome
- Sclerosis of spinal cord (combined) (dorsolateral) (posterolateral)
Code First
- underlying disease, such as:
- anemia (D51.9)
- dietary (D51.3)
- pernicious (D51.0)
- vitamin B12 deficiency (E53.8)
Type 1 Excludes
- syphilitic combined degeneration of spinal cord (A52.11)
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code M49
Spondylopathies in diseases classified elsewhere
Code First
- underlying disease, such as:
- brucellosis (A23.-)
- Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (G60.0)
- enterobacterial infections (A01-A04)
- osteitis fibrosa cystica (E21.0)
Includes
- curvature of spine in diseases classified elsewhere
- deformity of spine in diseases classified elsewhere
- kyphosis in diseases classified elsewhere
- scoliosis in diseases classified elsewhere
- spondylopathy in diseases classified elsewhere
Type 1 Excludes
- curvature of spine in tuberculosis [Pott's] (A18.01)
- enteropathic arthropathies (M07.-)
- gonococcal spondylitis (A54.41)
- neuropathic [tabes dorsalis] spondylitis (A52.11)
- neuropathic spondylopathy in syringomyelia (G95.0)
- neuropathic spondylopathy in tabes dorsalis (A52.11)
- nonsyphilitic neuropathic spondylopathy NEC (G98.0)
- spondylitis in syphilis (acquired) (A52.77)
- tuberculous spondylitis (A18.01)
- typhoid fever spondylitis (A01.05)
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code M49
Spondylopathies in diseases classified elsewhere
Code First
- underlying disease, such as:
- brucellosis (A23.-)
- Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (G60.0)
- enterobacterial infections (A01-A04)
- osteitis fibrosa cystica (E21.0)
Includes
- curvature of spine in diseases classified elsewhere
- deformity of spine in diseases classified elsewhere
- kyphosis in diseases classified elsewhere
- scoliosis in diseases classified elsewhere
- spondylopathy in diseases classified elsewhere
Type 1 Excludes
- curvature of spine in tuberculosis [Pott's] (A18.01)
- enteropathic arthropathies (M07.-)
- gonococcal spondylitis (A54.41)
- neuropathic [tabes dorsalis] spondylitis (A52.11)
- neuropathic spondylopathy in syringomyelia (G95.0)
- neuropathic spondylopathy in tabes dorsalis (A52.11)
- nonsyphilitic neuropathic spondylopathy NEC (G98.0)
- spondylitis in syphilis (acquired) (A52.77)
- tuberculous spondylitis (A18.01)
- typhoid fever spondylitis (A01.05)
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code G98.0
Neurogenic arthritis, not elsewhere classified
Applicable To
- Nonsyphilitic neurogenic arthropathy NEC
- Nonsyphilitic neurogenic spondylopathy NEC
Type 1 Excludes
- spondylopathy (in):
- syringomyelia and syringobulbia (G95.0)
- tabes dorsalis (A52.11)
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code M90
Osteopathies in diseases classified elsewhere
Type 1 Excludes
- osteochondritis, osteomyelitis, and osteopathy (in):
- cryptococcosis (B45.3)
- diabetes mellitus (E08-E13 with .69-)
- gonococcal (A54.43)
- neurogenic syphilis (A52.11)
- renal osteodystrophy (N25.0)
- salmonellosis (A02.24)
- secondary syphilis (A51.46)
- syphilis (late) (A52.77)
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code R26
Abnormalities of gait and mobility
Type 1 Excludes
- ataxia NOS (R27.0)
- hereditary ataxia (G11.-)
- locomotor (syphilitic) ataxia (A52.11)
- immobility syndrome (paraplegic) (M62.3)

Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to A52.11:

Ataxia, ataxy, ataxic R27.0
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code R27.0
Ataxia, unspecified
Type 1 Excludes
ataxia following cerebrovascular disease (I69. with final characters -93)
- locomotor (progressive) (syphilitic) (partial) (spastic) A52.11
- spinal
  - progressive A52.11 (syphilitic)
Atrophy, atrophic (of)
- bone (senile) - see also Disorder, bone, specified type NEC
  - due to
    - tabes dorsalis A52.11 (neurogenic)
- neurogenic, bone, tabetic A52.11
Crisis
- Pel's A52.11 (tabetic)
- tabetic A52.11
Duchenne's
- locomotor ataxia A52.11 (syphilitic)
Neurosyphilis (arrested) (early) (gumma) (late) (latent) (recurrent) (relapse) A52.3
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code A52.3
Neurosyphilis, unspecified
Applicable To
Gumma (syphilitic)
Syphilis (late)
Syphiloma
- tabes, tabetic (dorsalis) A52.11
Pel's crisis A52.11
Radiculopathy M54.10
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code M54.10
Radiculopathy, site unspecified
- syphilitic A52.11
Sclerosis, sclerotic
- spinal (cord) (progressive) G95.89
  ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code G95.89
  Other specified diseases of spinal cord
  2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Billable/Specific Code
  Applicable To
  Cord bladder NOS
  Drug-induced myelopathy
  Radiation-induced myelopathy
  Type 1 Excludes
  myelopathy NOS (G95.9)
  - combined - see also Degeneration, combined
    - syphilitic A52.11
  - posterior A52.11 (syphilitic)
Spondylopathy M48.9
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code M48.9
Spondylopathy, unspecified
- neuropathic, in
  - tabes dorsalis A52.11
Syphilis, syphilitic (acquired) A53.9
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code A53.9
Syphilis, unspecified
Applicable To
Infection due to Treponema pallidum NOS
Syphilis (acquired) NOS
Type 1 Excludes
syphilis NOS under two years of age (A50.2)
- central nervous system (late) (recurrent) (relapse) (tertiary) A52.3
  ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code A52.3
  Neurosyphilis, unspecified
  2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Billable/Specific Code
  Applicable To
  Gumma (syphilitic)
  Syphilis (late)
  Syphiloma
  - with
    - tabes (dorsalis) A52.11
    - ataxia A52.11
- conjugal A53.9
  ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code A53.9
  Syphilis, unspecified
  2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Billable/Specific Code
  Applicable To
  Infection due to Treponema pallidum NOS
  Syphilis (acquired) NOS
  Type 1 Excludes
  syphilis NOS under two years of age (A50.2)
  - tabes A52.11
- late A52.9
  ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code A52.9
  Late syphilis, unspecified
  2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Billable/Specific Code
  - tabes A52.11
- sclerosis
  - multiple A52.11
- tabes dorsalis (late) A52.11
- tabetic type A52.11
- ulcer (any site) (early) (secondary) A51.39
  ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code A51.39
  Other secondary syphilis of skin
  2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Billable/Specific Code
  Applicable To
  Syphilitic leukoderma
  Syphilitic mucous patch
  Type 1 Excludes
  late syphilitic leukoderma (A52.79)
  - perforating A52.79
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code A52.79
    Other symptomatic late syphilis
    2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Billable/Specific Code
    Applicable To
    Late syphilitic leukoderma
    Syphilis of adrenal gland
    Syphilis of pituitary gland
    Syphilis of thyroid gland
    Syphilitic splenomegaly
    Type 1 Excludes
    syphilitic leukoderma (secondary) (A51.39)
    - foot A52.11
- ataxia A52.11 (locomotor)
- combined spinal sclerosis A52.11
- locomotor ataxia A52.11
Tabes, tabetic A52.10
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code A52.10
Symptomatic neurosyphilis, unspecified
- dorsalis A52.11
- bone A52.11
Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative
- syphilitic (any site) (early) (secondary) A51.39
  ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code A51.39
  Other secondary syphilis of skin
  2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Billable/Specific Code
  Applicable To
  Syphilitic leukoderma
  Syphilitic mucous patch
  Type 1 Excludes
  late syphilitic leukoderma (A52.79)
  - perforating A52.79
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code A52.79
    Other symptomatic late syphilis
    2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Billable/Specific Code
    Applicable To
    Late syphilitic leukoderma
    Syphilis of adrenal gland
    Syphilis of pituitary gland
    Syphilis of thyroid gland
    Syphilitic splenomegaly
    Type 1 Excludes
    syphilitic leukoderma (secondary) (A51.39)
    - foot A52.11

ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To A52.11

A52.00 Cardiovascular syphilis, unspecified

A52.01 Syphilitic aneurysm of aorta

A52.02 Syphilitic aortitis

A52.03 Syphilitic endocarditis

A52.04 Syphilitic cerebral arteritis

A52.05 Other cerebrovascular syphilis

A52.06 Other syphilitic heart involvement

A52.09 Other cardiovascular syphilis

A52.1 Symptomatic neurosyphilis

A52.10 …… unspecified

A52.11 Tabes dorsalis

A52.12 Other cerebrospinal syphilis

A52.13 Late syphilitic meningitis

A52.14 Late syphilitic encephalitis

A52.15 Late syphilitic neuropathy

A52.16 Charcôt's arthropathy (tabetic)

A52.17 General paresis

A52.19 Other symptomatic neurosyphilis

A52.2 Asymptomatic neurosyphilis

A52.3 Neurosyphilis, unspecified

A52.7 Other symptomatic late syphilis

Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.

2020 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code A52.11

Tabes dorsalis

Certain infectious and parasitic diseases

Infections with a predominantly sexual mode of transmission

Subacute combined degeneration of spinal cord in diseases classified elsewhere

Spondylopathies in diseases classified elsewhere

Spondylopathies in diseases classified elsewhere

Neurogenic arthritis, not elsewhere classified

Osteopathies in diseases classified elsewhere

Abnormalities of gait and mobility

Ataxia, unspecified

Neurosyphilis, unspecified

Radiculopathy, site unspecified

Other specified diseases of spinal cord

Spondylopathy, unspecified

Syphilis, unspecified

Neurosyphilis, unspecified

Syphilis, unspecified

Late syphilis, unspecified

Other secondary syphilis of skin

Other symptomatic late syphilis

Symptomatic neurosyphilis, unspecified

Other secondary syphilis of skin

Other symptomatic late syphilis