Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2021L00022:reg:7
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Provision Reference: reg 7
Character Range: 1971–4648

7               Kind of injury, disease or death to which this Statement of Principles relates
(1)          This Statement of Principles is about chronic venous insufficiency of the lower limb and varicose veins of the lower limb and death from chronic venous insufficiency of the lower limb and varicose veins of the lower limb.
Meaning of chronic venous insufficiency of the lower limb
         (2)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, chronic venous insufficiency of the lower limb:
(a)          means chronic impairment of venous blood flow or venous return affecting one or both of the lower limbs; and
(b)           includes:
(i)             corona phlebectatica (dilated veins on the foot and ankle);
(ii)          lipodermatosclerosis;
(iii)       pigmentation or venous eczema; and
(iv)         venous ulcers; and
(c)          excludes varicose veins of the lower limb.
               Note: Symptoms and signs of chronic venous insufficiency of the lower limb include ache, pain, tightness, skin irritation, heaviness, muscle cramps and venous oedema.
Meaning of varicose veins of the lower limb
(3)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, varicose veins of the lower limb:
(a)          means dilated, bulging, tortuous superficial veins of the lower limb; and
(b)          excludes spider veins (telangiectasias) and reticular veins.
(4)          While chronic venous insufficiency of the lower limb attracts ICD‑10‑AM code I87.0 or I87.2 and varicose veins of the lower limb attracts ICD‑10‑AM code I83 or O22.0, in applying this Statement of Principles the meaning of chronic venous insufficiency of the lower limb or varicose veins of the lower limb is that given in subsection (2) or (3), respectively.
(5)          For subsection (4), 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 chronic venous insufficiency of the lower limb or varicose veins of the lower limb
(6)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, chronic venous insufficiency of the lower limb or varicose veins of the lower limb, in relation to a person, includes death from a terminal event or condition that was contributed to by the person's chronic venous insufficiency of the lower limb or varicose veins of the lower limb.
Note: terminal event is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.