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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 dengue virus infection and death from dengue virus infection.
Meaning of dengue virus infection
(2)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, dengue virus infection means an illness caused by infection with dengue virus.
            Note 1: Typical clinical manifestations of uncomplicated dengue virus infection include fever, headache, eye pain, muscle ache, joint pain, nausea, vomiting and a rash.
            Note 2: Complicated forms of dengue virus infection are known as dengue with warning signs and severe dengue, or may be alternatively classified as dengue haemorrhagic fever and dengue shock syndrome. Clinical manifestations of complicated forms of dengue virus infection include a low platelet count, severe bleeding, plasma leakage, fluid accumulation in the lungs and abdomen, shock, impaired consciousness and organ failure.
(3)          While dengue virus infection attracts ICD‑10‑AM code A90 or A91, in applying this Statement of Principles the meaning of dengue virus infection 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 dengue virus infection
(5)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, dengue virus infection, in relation to a person, includes death from a terminal event or condition that was contributed to by the person's dengue virus infection.
Note: terminal event is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.