Your primary dx should be the sign/symptom or diagnosis that drove the encounter. This may or may not be the presenting problem. (ie pt presents with pharyngitis, but due to pain has not been drinking fluids. Labs indicate dehydration, for which an IV of fluids is started and he/she is admitted overnight.
Neurosyphilis is considered infectious but is not transmitted from person to person. Generally, a disease like this is caused by an infectious agent and not spread between people. Neurosyphilis, although infectious, is not a genetic disease. It is not caused by a defective or abnormal gene.
A person is not contagious during the incubation period. A person is mildly contagious when he or she first experiences symptoms. A person is most contagious about 4 days before the onset of the measles rash.Some risk of transmission lasts until about 4 days after the rash starts. person is mildly contagious when he or she first experiences symptoms. A person is most contagious about 4 days before the onset of the measles rash. Some risk of transmission lasts until about 4 days after the rash starts.