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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Diabetes Complications. 2016 Dec 10;31(3):556–561. doi: 10.1016/j.jdiacomp.2016.11.020
Variable ICD-9 codes
Diabetes 250.xx
Foot ulcer severity
 Early stage foot ulcer 440.23, 707.1x, 707.9
 Osteomyelitis 730.07, 730.17, 730.27, 730.97
 Gangrene 0.40.0, 440.24, and 785.4 but only if at least one of the following
vascular disease codes is also present: 250.7, 440.2, 440.21,
440.22, 440.23
Comorbidities
 Peripheral neuropathy 250.6x, 355.xx, 337.1, 357.2
 Coronary artery disease 410.xx, 411.1x, 427.4, 427.5
 Peripheral arterial disease 250.7, 443.9
 History of stroke 433.01, 433.11, 433.21, 433.31, 433.81, 433.91, 434.01, 434.1,
434.11, 434.9, 434.91, 436, 431, 430
 History of vascular procedure 440.20 – 440.24
 History of eye disease 250.x, 362.01 – 362.067, 362.83, 366.41, 369.xx
 Foot deformity 94.0, 713.5, 727.1, 735.0, 735.2, 735.4 – 735.9