Kodex

Code

A52.8

Late syphilis, latent

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Hierarchy

A00-B99 Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
- A50-A64 Infections with a predominantly sexual mode of transmission (A50-A64)
  - A52 Late syphilis
    - A52.0 Cardiovascular and cerebrovascular syphilis
    - A52.1 Symptomatic neurosyphilis
    - A52.2 Asymptomatic neurosyphilis
    - A52.3 Neurosyphilis, unspecified
    - A52.7 Other symptomatic late syphilis
    - A52.8 Late syphilis, latent
    - A52.9 Late syphilis, unspecified

Inclusion Terms

A52.8

Syphilis (acquired) without clinical manifestations, with positive serological reaction and negative spinal fluid test, two years or more after infection

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code to identify resistance to antimicrobial drugs (Z16.-)
- Z16 Resistance to antimicrobial drugs

Includes

diseases generally recognized as communicable or transmissible

Excludes 1

B20 Human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] disease
nonspecific and nongonococcal urethritis (N34.1)
- N34.1 Nonspecific urethritis
M02.3 Reiter's disease

certain localized infections - see body system-related chapters

Excludes 2

carrier or suspected carrier of infectious disease (Z22.-)
- Z22 Carrier of infectious disease
infectious and parasitic diseases complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O98.-)
- O98 Maternal infectious and parasitic diseases classifiable elsewhere but complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium
infectious and parasitic diseases specific to the perinatal period (P35-P39)
- P35-P39 Infections specific to the perinatal period (P35-P39)
influenza and other acute respiratory infections (J00-J22)