ICD-11 classes
14 Diseases of the skin
Certain skin disorders attributable to infection or...
Certain skin disorders attributable to bacterial infection
Certain sexually transmissible bacterial infections...
Syphilis
1A62 — Late syphilis
1A62.0 — Neurosyphilis
ICD-11 1A62.0 — Neurosyphilis
A disease of the brain or spinal cord caused by an infection with the gram-negative bacteria Treponema pallidum pallidum. This disease is characterised by four different forms: meningovascular, tabes dorsalis, general paresis, or may be asymptomatic. Clinical signs normally manifest approximately 4-25 years after initial infection. Transmission is commonly by sexual contact.
The diagnosis includes nothing.
The diagnosis excludes nothing.
Diagnosis with code 1A62.0 contains 3 clarifying diagnoses:
- 1A62.00 — Asymptomatic neurosyphilis
- 1A62.01 — Symptomatic late neurosyphilis
- 1A62.0Z — Neurosyphilis, unspecified
The diagnosis is coded elsewhere:
- Late syphilis #96
- Neurosyphilis #97
- Late syphilis #20293
- Neurosyphilis #20294
- Late syphilis #20736
- Neurosyphilis #20737