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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 IgA nephropathy and death from IgA nephropathy.
Meaning of IgA nephropathy
(2)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, IgA nephropathy means:
(a)          a disease of the kidneys characterised by deposition of immunoglobulin A in the renal mesangium demonstrated by renal biopsy and which results in haematuria or proteinuria or renal dysfunction; and
(b)          excludes IgA vasculitis (Henoch-Schönlein purpura).
            Note: IgA nephropathy is also known as mesangial IgA glomerulonephritis or IgA glomerulonephritis.
(3)          While IgA nephropathy attracts ICD‑10‑AM code N02.1, N02.2, N02.2.1, N02.3, N02.5 or N02.8, in applying this Statement of Principles the meaning of IgA nephropathy 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 IgA nephropathy
(5)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, IgA nephropathy, in relation to a person, includes death from a terminal event or condition that was contributed to by the person's IgA nephropathy.
Note: terminal event is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.