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7               Kind of injury, disease or death to which this Statement of Principles relates
(1)          This Statement of Principles is about malignant neoplasm of the ovary and death from malignant neoplasm of the ovary.
Meaning of malignant neoplasm of the ovary
(2)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, malignant neoplasm of the ovary:
(a)          means a primary malignant neoplasm arising from the cells of the ovary; and
(b)          includes cell types of borderline malignant potential; and
(c)          excludes soft tissue sarcoma, carcinoid tumour, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and Hodgkin's lymphoma.
            Note: Most primary malignant ovarian neoplasms are epithelial cancers (carcinomas).  Other subtypes include malignant stromal and germ cell tumours.
(3)          While malignant neoplasm of the ovary attracts ICD‑10‑AM code C56 or D39.1, in applying this Statement of Principles the meaning of malignant neoplasm of the ovary is that given in subsection (2).
(4)          For subsection (3), a reference to an ICD-10-AM code is a reference to the code assigned to a particular kind of injury or disease in The International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Tenth Revision, Australian Modification (ICD-10-AM), Tenth Edition, effective date of 1 July 2017, copyrighted by the Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, ISBN 978-1-76007-296-4.
Death from malignant neoplasm of the ovary
(5)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, malignant neoplasm of the ovary, in relation to a person, includes death from a terminal event or condition that was contributed to by the person's malignant neoplasm of the ovary.
Note: terminal event is defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.