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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 malignant neoplasm of the gallbladder and death from malignant neoplasm of the gallbladder.
Meaning of malignant neoplasm of the gallbladder
(2)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, malignant neoplasm of the gallbladder:
(a)          means a primary malignant neoplasm arising from the epithelial cells of the gallbladder; and
(b)          includes:
(i)            adenocarcinoma of the gallbladder;
(ii)         adenosquamous carcinoma of the gallbladder;
(iii)       carcinoma of the gallbladder;
(iv)        clear cell carcinoma of the gallbladder;
(v)          poorly cohesive carcinoma of the gallbladder;
(vi)        squamous cell carcinoma of the gallbladder; and
(vii)     carcinoma in situ of the gallbladder; and
(c)          excludes:
(i)            soft tissue sarcoma;
(ii)         malignant neoplasm of the bile duct;
(iii)       neuroendocrine carcinoma of the gallbladder;
(iv)        non-Hodgkin lymphoma; and
(v)          Hodgkin lymphoma.
(3)          While malignant neoplasm of the gallbladder attracts ICD‑10‑AM code C23, in applying this Statement of Principles the meaning of malignant neoplasm of the gallbladder 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 malignant neoplasm of the gallbladder
(5)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, malignant neoplasm of the gallbladder, in relation to a person, includes death from a terminal event or condition that was contributed to by the person's malignant neoplasm of the gallbladder.
Note: terminal event is defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.