A52.77

Syphilis of bone and joint

Billable / specific

A52.77 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes in FY2027.

Inclusion terms

Includes (from A52)

  • diseases generally recognized as communicable or transmissible

Excludes1

Not coded here — never report together with this code.

  • nonspecific and nongonococcal urethritis (N34.1) (from A52)
  • Reiter's disease (M02.3-) (from A52)

Excludes2

Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.

  • carrier or suspected carrier of infectious disease (Z22.-) (from A52)
  • certain localized infections - see body system-related chapters (from A52)
  • infectious and parasitic diseases complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O98.-) (from A52)
  • infectious and parasitic diseases specific to the perinatal period (P35-P39) (from A52)
  • influenza and other acute respiratory infections (J00-J22) (from A52)
  • human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] disease (B20) (from A52)

Use additional code

Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.

  • code to identify resistance to antimicrobial drugs (Z16.-) (from A52)

Also known as

  • Arthropathy, in syphilis
  • Arthropathy, postinfectious NEC, in syphilis
  • Caries, syphilitic
  • Dactylitis, syphilitic
  • Destruction, destructive, bone, syphilitic
  • Exostosis, syphilitic
  • Gout, gouty, syphilitic
  • Gout, chronic, syphilitic
  • Gumma, bone
  • Hydrarthrosis, syphilitic
  • Nodule, nodular, juxta-articular, syphilitic
  • Osteomyelitis, syphilitic
  • Periostitis, syphilitic
  • Syphilis, syphilitic, bone
  • Syphilis, syphilitic, destruction of bone

Parent code

  • A52.7Other symptomatic late syphilisHeader

Related codes

  • A52.71Late syphilitic oculopathyBillable
  • A52.72Syphilis of lung and bronchusBillable
  • A52.73Symptomatic late syphilis of other respiratory organsBillable
  • A52.74Syphilis of liver and other visceraBillable
  • A52.75Syphilis of kidney and ureterBillable
  • A52.76Other genitourinary symptomatic late syphilisBillable
  • A52.78Syphilis of other musculoskeletal tissueBillable
  • A52.79Other symptomatic late syphilisBillable

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