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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 multiple osteochondromatosis and death from multiple osteochondromatosis.
Meaning of multiple osteochondromatosis
(2)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, multiple osteochondromatosis:
(a)          means a genetic disorder of bone growth which typically involves the presence of multiple, benign cartilage-capped bone tumours (osteochondromas or exostoses) that grow outward from the metaphyses of long bones; and
(b)          excludes synovial osteochondromatosis and enchondromatosis.
(3)          While multiple osteochondromatosis attracts ICD‑10‑AM code Q78.6, in applying this Statement of Principles the meaning of multiple osteochondromatosis 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 multiple osteochondromatosis
(5)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, multiple osteochondromatosis, in relation to a person, includes death from a terminal event or condition that was contributed to by the person's multiple osteochondromatosis.
Note: terminal event is defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.