ICD-10-CM code · FY2027
A50.01 Early congenital syphilitic oculopathy
BillableValid for claims as a specific diagnosis code
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Coding notes for A50.01
No notes of its own.
Block A50-A64 notes (apply to every code in it)
Excludes1 Not coded here: never report these together with this code (use the code given instead).
Excludes2 Not part of this condition, but a patient can have both: report both codes when both apply.
- human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] disease (B20)
Chapter 1 notes (apply to every code in it)
Includes Conditions this code covers.
- diseases generally recognized as communicable or transmissible
Excludes2 Not part of this condition, but a patient can have both: report both codes when both apply.
- carrier or suspected carrier of infectious disease (Z22.-)
- certain localized infections - see body system-related chapters
- 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 Add a second code for the detail named here.
- code to identify resistance to antimicrobial drugs (Z16.-)
Related codes in A50.0
- A50.02 Early congenital syphilitic osteochondropathyBillable
- A50.03 Early congenital syphilitic pharyngitisBillable
- A50.04 Early congenital syphilitic pneumoniaBillable
- A50.05 Early congenital syphilitic rhinitisBillable
- A50.06 Early cutaneous congenital syphilisBillable
- A50.07 Early mucocutaneous congenital syphilisBillable
- A50.08 Early visceral congenital syphilisBillable
- A50.09 Other early congenital syphilis, symptomaticBillable
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