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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 brain and death from malignant neoplasm of the brain.
Meaning of malignant neoplasm of the brain
(2)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, malignant neoplasm of the brain means:
(a)          a primary malignant neoplasm arising from the cells of the brain; and
(b)          includes malignant neuroepithelial tumour and germ cell tumour; and
(c)          excludes nerve sheath tumour, soft tissue sarcoma, Hodgkin's lymphoma, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, carcinoid tumour, neoplasm of the pituitary gland and cerebral meningioma.
Note: neuroepithelial tumour is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(3)          While malignant neoplasm of the brain attracts ICD‑10‑AM code C71, in applying this Statement of Principles the meaning of malignant neoplasm of the brain 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 brain
(5)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, malignant neoplasm of the brain, 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 brain.
Note: terminal event is defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.