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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 sarcoidosis and death from sarcoidosis.
Meaning of sarcoidosis
(2)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, sarcoidosis means a chronic, multisystem disorder characterised in affected organs by an accumulation of T lymphocytes and mononuclear phagocytes, non-caseating epithelioid granulomas, and derangement of the normal tissue architecture.
(3)          While sarcoidosis attracts ICD‑10‑AM code D86, in applying this Statement of Principles the meaning of sarcoidosis 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 sarcoidosis
(5)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, sarcoidosis, in relation to a person, includes death from a terminal event or condition that was contributed to by the person's sarcoidosis.
Note: terminal event is defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.