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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 urethra and death from malignant neoplasm of the urethra.
Meaning of malignant neoplasm of the urethra
(2)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, malignant neoplasm of the urethra means:
(a)          a primary malignant neoplasm arising from the cells lining the urethra; and
(b)          includes urethral diverticular carcinoma and urethral melanoma; and
(c)          excludes malignant neoplasm of the urethral orifice of the bladder, soft tissue sarcoma, carcinoid tumour, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and Hodgkin's lymphoma.
(3)          While malignant neoplasm of the urethra attracts ICD‑10‑AM code C68, in applying this Statement of Principles the meaning of malignant neoplasm of the urethra 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 malignant neoplasm of the urethra
(5)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, malignant neoplasm of the urethra, 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 urethra.
Note: terminal event is defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.