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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 pterygium and death from pterygium.
      Meaning of pterygium
(2)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, pterygium means:
(a)                                       a wing-like, abnormal triangular fold of membrane, in the interpalpebral fissure, extending from the conjunctiva to the cornea, being immovably united to the cornea at its apex, firmly attached to the sclera throughout its middle portion, and merged with the conjunctiva at its base; and
(b)          excludes pinguecula.
(3)          While pterygium attracts ICD‑10‑AM code H11.0, in applying this Statement of Principles the meaning of pterygium 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), Ninth Edition, effective date of 1 July 2015, copyrighted by the Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, ISBN 978‑1‑76007‑020‑5.
Death from pterygium
(5)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, pterygium, in relation to a person, includes death from a terminal event or condition that was contributed to by the person's pterygium.
Note: terminal event is defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.