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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 oesophagus and death from malignant neoplasm of the oesophagus.
      Meaning of malignant neoplasm of the oesophagus
(2)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, malignant neoplasm of the oesophagus means:
(a)          a primary malignant neoplasm arising from the cells of the oesophagus.  The oesophagus is defined as the structure which begins proximally with the lower border of the hypopharynx and extends distally to the lower border of the oesophageal sphincter; and
(b)          excludes soft tissue sarcoma, carcinoid tumour, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and Hodgkin's lymphoma.
(3)          While malignant neoplasm of the oesophagus attracts ICD‑10‑AM code C15, in applying this Statement of Principles the meaning of malignant neoplasm of the oesophagus 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 malignant neoplasm of the oesophagus
(5)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, malignant neoplasm of the oesophagus, 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 oesophagus.
Note: terminal event is defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.