Latent syphilis, unspecified as early or late
- A53.0 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
- The 2024 edition of ICD-10-CM A53.0 became effective on October 1, 2023.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of A53.0 – other international versions of ICD-10 A53.0 may differ.
Applicable To
- Latent syphilis NOS
- Positive serological reaction for syphilis
The following code(s) above A53.0 contain annotation back-references
that may be applicable to A53.0:
- A00-B99 Certain infectious and parasitic diseases
- A50-A64 Infections with a predominantly sexual mode of transmission
Approximate Synonyms
- Latent syphilis
- Syphilis latent
Clinical Information
- A stage of syphilis characterized by the serologic evidence of infection by treponema pallidum without evidence of accompanying signs or symptoms related to the disease.
ICD-10-CM A53.0 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v41.0):
- 867 Other infectious and parasitic diseases diagnoses with mcc
- 868 Other infectious and parasitic diseases diagnoses with cc
- 869 Other infectious and parasitic diseases diagnoses without cc/mcc
Convert A53.0 to ICD-9-CMCode History
- 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
- 2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change
- 2022 (effective 10/1/2021): No change
- 2023 (effective 10/1/2022): No change
- 2024 (effective 10/1/2023): No change
Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to A53.0:
- Positive
- serology for syphilis A53.0
- VDRL A53.0
- Wassermann reaction A53.0
- Serology for syphilis
- positive A53.0
- reactivated A53.0
- Syphilis, syphilitic (acquired) A53.9
- latent A53.0
- follow-up of latent syphilis A53.0
- date of infection unspecified A53.0
- positive serology (only finding) A53.0
- date of infection unspecified A53.0
- date of infection unspecified A53.0
- follow-up of latent syphilis A53.0
- latent A53.0