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2020 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code A52.16

Charcôt's arthropathy (tabetic)

2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Billable/Specific Code

• A52.16 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
• Short description: Charcot's arthropathy (tabetic)
• The 2020 edition of ICD-10-CM A52.16 became effective on October 1, 2019.
• This is the American ICD-10-CM version of A52.16 - other international versions of ICD-10 A52.16 may differ.

• Charcot arthropathy due to syphilis
• Charcot's arthropathy due to syphilis
• Charcots joint in syphilis
• Syphilis, charcots arthropathy

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

Convert A52.16 to ICD-9-CM

• 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

• Type 1 Excludes: M02
  , M14
  , M14.6
  ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code M02

  Postinfective and reactive arthropathies

  2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code

  Code First

  • underlying disease, such as:
  • congenital syphilis [Clutton's joints] (A50.5)
  • enteritis due to Yersinia enterocolitica (A04.6)
  • infective endocarditis (I33.0)
  • viral hepatitis (B15-B19)

  Type 1 Excludes

  • Behçet's disease (M35.2)
  • direct infections of joint in infectious and parasitic diseases classified elsewhere (M01.-)
  • postmeningococcal arthritis (A39.84)
  • mumps arthritis (B26.85)
  • rubella arthritis (B06.82)
  • syphilis arthritis (late) (A52.77)
  • rheumatic fever (I00)
  • tabetic arthropathy [Charcôt's] (A52.16)
  ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code M14

  Arthropathies in other diseases classified elsewhere

  2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code

  Type 1 Excludes

  • arthropathy in:
  • diabetes mellitus (E08-E13 with .61-)
  • hematological disorders (M36.2-M36.3)
  • hypersensitivity reactions (M36.4)
  • neoplastic disease (M36.1)
  • neurosyphillis (A52.16)
  • sarcoidosis (D86.86)
  • enteropathic arthropathies (M07.-)
  • juvenile psoriatic arthropathy (L40.54)
  • lipoid dermatoarthritis (E78.81)
  ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code M14.6

  Charcôt's joint

  2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code

  Applicable To

  • Neuropathic arthropathy

  Type 1 Excludes

  • Charcôt's joint in diabetes mellitus (E08-E13 with .610)
  • Charcôt's joint in tabes dorsalis (A52.16)

• Arthritis, arthritic (acute) (chronic) (nonpyogenic) (subacute) M19.90
  ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code M19.90

  Unspecified osteoarthritis, unspecified site

  2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Billable/Specific Code

  Applicable To

  • Arthrosis NOS
  • Arthritis NOS
  • Osteoarthritis NOS
  • syphilitic (late) A52.16
  • syphilitica deformans A52.16 (Charcot)
• Arthropathy M12.9
  - see also Arthritis
  ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code M12.9

  Arthropathy, unspecified

  2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Billable/Specific Code
  • tabes dorsalis A52.16
  • tabetic A52.16
• Charcot's
  • joint (disease) (tabetic) A52.16
  • disease A52.16 (tabetic arthropathy)
• Syphilis, syphilitic (acquired) 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)
  • Charcot's joint A52.16
• Tabes, tabetic A52.10
  ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code A52.10

  Symptomatic neurosyphilis, unspecified

  2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Billable/Specific Code
  • with
    • Charcot's joint A52.16
  • arthropathy A52.16 (Charcot)

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