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.
Neurosyphilis: Related Medical Conditions. To research the causes of Neurosyphilis, consider researching the causes of these these diseases that may be similar, or associated with Neurosyphilis: 1  Tertiary syphilis. 2  Unsteady gait. 3  Progressive locomotor ataxia. 4  Lightning pains. 5  Urinary incontinence. 6  Secondary syphilis.