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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 sinusitis and death from sinusitis.
Meaning of sinusitis
(2)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, sinusitis (also known as rhinosinusitis):
(a)          means inflammation of the nasal cavity and the paranasal sinuses; and
(b)          includes acute sinusitis and chronic sinusitis.
               Note: Sinusitis is characterised by the following signs and symptoms: nasal blockage or congestion, nasal discharge (anterior or postnasal drip), facial pain or pressure, or reduction or loss of smell, and fluid within the sinuses.
(3)          While sinusitis attracts ICD‑10‑AM code J01 or J32, in applying this Statement of Principles the meaning of sinusitis 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 sinusitis
(5)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, sinusitis, in relation to a person, includes death from a terminal event or condition that was contributed to by the person's sinusitis.
Note: terminal event is defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.