ICD-10-CM code · FY2027
A51.43 Secondary syphilitic oculopathy
BillableValid for claims as a specific diagnosis code
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Coding notes for A51.43
Applicable to Other names for conditions reported with this code.
- Secondary syphilitic chorioretinitis
- Secondary syphilitic iridocyclitis, iritis
- Secondary syphilitic uveitis
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 A51.4
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