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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 cardiomyopathy and death from cardiomyopathy.
Meaning of cardiomyopathy
(2)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, cardiomyopathy:
(a)          means a heterogeneous group of acquired diseases of the heart muscle (myocardium) involving mechanical or electrical dysfunction; and
(b)          includes:
(i)            dilated cardiomyopathy;
(ii)         restrictive cardiomyopathy;
(iii)       myocarditis with persistent mechanical or electrical dysfunction;
(iv)        hypertrophic cardiomyopathy;
(v)          arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy;
(vi)        hypertensive cardiomyopathy; and
(vii)     takotsubo (stress) cardiomyopathy; and
(c)          excludes:
(i)            exercise-induced cardiac remodelling (athlete's heart);
(ii)         myocardial abnormality caused by ischaemic heart disease or valvular disease; and
(iii)       pericardial disease including pericarditis.
Note: acquired diseases of the heart muscle, arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy and takotsubo cardiomyopathy are defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(3)          While cardiomyopathy attracts ICD‑10‑AM codes I42, I43 or O90.3, in applying this Statement of Principles the meaning of cardiomyopathy 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 cardiomyopathy
(5)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, cardiomyopathy, in relation to a person, includes death from a terminal event or condition that was contributed to by the person's cardiomyopathy.
Note: terminal event is defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.