Person—foot deformity indicator, code N

Identifying and definitional attributes

• Health, Standard 21/09/2005

Value domain attributes

Representational attributes

Collection and usage attributes

CODE 9    Not stated/inadequately described

This code is not for use in primary data collections.

Data element attributes

Collection and usage attributes

CODE 1   Yes
Record if a foot deformity is present on either foot.

CODE 2   No
Record if no foot deformity is present on either foot.

Common deformities include claw toes, pes cavus, hallux valgus, hallux rigidus, hammer toe, Charcot foot and nail deformity.

Both feet to be examined for the presence of foot deformity.

Foot deformities are associated with high mechanical pressure on the overlying skin that lead to ulceration in the absence of protective pain sensation and when shoes are unsuitable. Limited joint mobility is often present, with displaced plantar fat pad and more prominent metatarsal heads.

Source and reference attributes

National diabetes data working group

National Diabetes Outcomes Quality Review Initiative (NDOQRIN) data dictionary

Lesley V Campbell, Antony R Graham, Rosalind M Kidd, Hugh F Molloy, Sharon R O'Rourke and Stephen Colagiuri: The Lower Limb in People With Diabetes; Content 1997/98 Australian Diabetes Society.

Edmonds M, Boulton A, Buckenham T, et al. Report of the Diabetic Foot and Amputation Group. Diabet Med 1996; 13: S27 - 42.

Reiber GE. Epidemiology of the diabetic foot. In: Levin ME, O'Neal LW, Bowker JH, editors. The diabetic foot. 5th ed. St Louis: Mosby Year Book, 1993; 1 - 5.

Most RS, Sinnock P. The epidemiology of lower limb extremity amputations in diabetic individuals. Diabetes Care 1983; 6: 87 - 91.
Therapeutic Guidelines Limited (05.04.2002) Management plan for diabetes.

Relational attributes