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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 restless legs syndrome and death from restless legs syndrome.
Meaning of restless legs syndrome
(2)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, restless legs syndrome:
(a)           means a sensorimotor neurological disorder, in which there is:
                (i)                 a strong urge to move the legs, usually accompanied or caused by uncomfortable and unpleasant sensations in the legs; and
                (ii)              the urge to move or unpleasant sensations begin or worsen during periods of rest or inactivity such as lying or sitting; and
                (iii)            the urge to move or unpleasant sensations are partially or totally relieved by movement, such as walking or stretching; and
                (iv)            the urge to move or unpleasant sensations are worse in the evening or night than during the day, or only occur in the evening or night; and
(b)           these clinical features:
                (i)            occur at least 3 times per week, and have persisted for at least 3 consecutive months; and
                (ii)         cause significant distress, or impairment in behavioural, social, physical or occupational functioning; and
                (iii)       are not solely accounted for by another medical or behavioural condition.
               Note: Examples of other medical or behavioural conditions with clinical features that mimic restless legs syndrome include myalgia, venous stasis, leg oedema, arthritis, leg cramps and habitual foot tapping.
(3)          While restless legs syndrome attracts ICD‑10‑AM code G25.81, in applying this Statement of Principles the meaning of restless legs syndrome 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 restless legs syndrome
(5)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, restless legs syndrome, in relation to a person, includes death from a terminal event or condition that was contributed to by the person's restless legs syndrome.
Note: terminal event is defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.