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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 neoplasm of the pituitary gland and death from neoplasm of the pituitary gland.
Meaning of neoplasm of the pituitary gland
(2)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, neoplasm of the pituitary gland:
(a)          means a primary neoplasm, either benign or malignant, arising from the cells of the pituitary gland; and
(b)          includes:
(i)            tumours of the anterior pituitary (adenohypophysis);
(ii)         tumours of the posterior pituitary (neurohypophysis); and
(iii)       tumours of the pituitary stalk (infundibulum); and
(c)          excludes:
(i)            soft tissue sarcoma;
(ii)         carcinoid tumour;
(iii)       non-Hodgkin lymphoma;
(iv)        Hodgkin lymphoma;
(v)          tumours of the hypothalamus;
(vi)        tumours of the sella turcica of the sphenoid bone; and
(vii)     tumours of the diaphragma sellae.
(3)          While neoplasm of the pituitary gland attracts ICD‑10‑AM codes C75.1, D35.2, or D44.3, in applying this Statement of Principles the meaning of neoplasm of the pituitary gland 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 neoplasm of the pituitary gland
(5)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, neoplasm of the pituitary gland, in relation to a person, includes death from a terminal event or condition that was contributed to by the person's neoplasm of the pituitary gland.
Note: terminal event is defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.