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6               Kind of injury, disease or death to which this Statement of Principles relates
(1)          This Statement of Principles is about Scheuermann's disease and death from Scheuermann's disease.
Meaning of Scheuermann's disease
(2)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, Scheuermann's disease (also known as juvenile osteochondrosis of the spine) means:
(a)          a disease of children and adolescents involving necrosis and regeneration in the growth centres of the thoracic or thoracolumbar vertebrae. It is characterised by a rigid hyperkyphosis due to anterior wedging of at least 5° in one or more consecutive vertebrae.  This condition may be accompanied by back pain and, in severe cases, respiratory or neurological complications; and
(b)           excludes postural kyphosis.
(3)          While Scheuermann's disease attracts ICD‑10‑AM code M42.0, in applying this Statement of Principles the meaning of Scheuermann's disease 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 Scheuermann's disease
(5)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, Scheuermann's disease, in relation to a person, includes death from a terminal event or condition that was contributed to by the person's Scheuermann's disease.
Note: terminal event is defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.