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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 prostate and death from malignant neoplasm of the prostate .
Meaning of malignant neoplasm of the prostate
(2)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, malignant neoplasm of the prostate:
(a)          means a primary malignant neoplasm arising from the epithelial cells of the prostate gland; and
(b)          includes high grade prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia; and
(c)          excludes:
(i)            haematolymphoid tumours (including non-Hodgkin lymphoma and Hodgkin lymphoma);
(ii)         low grade prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia;
(iii)       malignant melanoma;
(iv)        mesenchymal tumours (including soft tissue sarcoma); and
(v)          primary neuroendocrine tumours.
(3)          While malignant neoplasm of the prostate attracts ICD‑10‑AM code C61, in applying this Statement of Principles the meaning of malignant neoplasm of the prostate  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 malignant neoplasm of the prostate
(5)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, malignant neoplasm of the prostate, 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 prostate.
Note: terminal event is defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.