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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 spasmodic torticollis and death from spasmodic torticollis.
Meaning of spasmodic torticollis

(2)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, spasmodic torticollis means an acquired chronic focal dystonia, characterised by sustained or intermittent involuntary neck muscle contractions, causing repetitive movements or abnormal postures of the head.

The diagnosis is made in the absence of conditions which could account for the dystonia, including:

             (a)                         a drug-induced tardive dystonia; or
             (b)          a generalised or hemi-dystonia; or
             (c)           a neurological disorder; or
             (d)                         a posttraumatic dystonia; or
             (e)          a structural lesion of the brain or cervical cord; or
             (f)            local lesions of the cervical region.
(3)          While spasmodic torticollis attracts ICD‑10‑AM code G24.3, in applying this Statement of Principles the meaning of spasmodic torticollis 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 spasmodic torticollis
(5)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, spasmodic torticollis, in relation to a person, includes death from a terminal event or condition that was contributed to by the person's spasmodic torticollis.
Note: terminal event is defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.