Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2023L00922:reg:7
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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 thoracolumbar intervertebral disc prolapse and death from thoracolumbar intervertebral disc prolapse.
(2)          This Statement of Principles applies to thoracolumbar intervertebral disc prolapse that has been diagnosed on the basis of:
(a)          clinical manifestations of local pain and stiffness, or symptoms and signs of thoracolumbar spinal cord compression or thoracolumbar nerve root compression; and
(b)          imaging evidence of thoracolumbar intervertebral disc prolapse, including protrusion, herniation, extrusion or rupture of the nucleus pulposus or annulus fibrosis of a thoracolumbar intervertebral disc into the vertebral canal of the thoracolumbar spine.
Note: imaging evidence of thoracolumbar intervertebral disc prolapse is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary. It will usually be the case that the date of the imaging evidence of thoracolumbar intervertebral disc prolapse is after the date of clinical onset.
(3)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles "thoracolumbar intervertebral disc prolapse" means protrusion, herniation, extrusion or rupture of the nucleus pulposus or annulus fibrosis of an intervertebral disc into the vertebral canal of the thoracolumbar spine, causing symptoms or signs, including intervertebral disc prolapses at the thoracolumbar and lumbosacral junctions.
(4)          The definition of thoracolumbar intervertebral disc prolapse given at subsection (3) excludes bulging of the intervertebral disc and Schmorl's nodes.
(5)          Whilst thoracolumbar intervertebral disc prolapse attracts ICD‑10‑AM codes M51.0, M51.1 or M51.2. In this Statement of Principles, the definition of "thoracolumbar intervertebral disc prolapse" is that given at subsection (3).
(6)          For subsection (5), 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 thoracolumbar intervertebral disc prolapse
(7)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, thoracolumbar intervertebral disc prolapse, in relation to a person, includes death from a terminal event or condition that was contributed to by the person's thoracolumbar intervertebral disc prolapse.
Note: terminal event is defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.