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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 endometrium and death from malignant neoplasm of the endometrium.
Meaning of malignant neoplasm of the endometrium
(2)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, malignant neoplasm of the endometrium means:
(a)          a primary malignant neoplasm arising from the cells of the mucous membrane that lines the uterine cavity; and
(b)          includes carcinoma in situ and carcinosarcoma (also known as malignant mesodermal mixed tumour); and
(c)          excludes malignant neoplasm of the cervix, carcinoid tumour, soft tissue sarcoma of the uterus, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and Hodgkin's lymphoma.
(3)          While malignant neoplasm of the endometrium attracts ICD‑10‑AM code C54.1, in applying this Statement of Principles the meaning of malignant neoplasm of the endometrium 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 endometrium
(5)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, malignant neoplasm of the endometrium, 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 endometrium.
Note: terminal event is defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.