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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 stomach and death from malignant neoplasm of the stomach.
Meaning of malignant neoplasm of the stomach
(2)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, malignant neoplasm of the stomach:
(a)          means a primary malignant neoplasm arising from the epithelial cells of the stomach; and
(b)          excludes:
(i)            stomach neuroendocrine tumours;
(ii)         gastroblastoma;
(iii)       haematolymphoid tumours including non-Hodgkin lymphoma, MALT lymphoma and Hodgkin lymphoma;
(iv)        malignant melanoma; and
(v)          mesenchymal tumours including soft tissue sarcoma.
Note: The stomach extends from the lower border of the oesophageal sphincter, up to and including the pyloric sphincter.
(3)          While malignant neoplasm of the stomach attracts ICD‑10‑AM code C16, in applying this Statement of Principles the meaning of malignant neoplasm of the stomach 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 stomach
(5)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, malignant neoplasm of the stomach, 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 stomach.
Note: terminal event is defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.