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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 gastro-oesophageal reflux disease and death from gastro-oesophageal reflux disease.
Meaning of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease
(2)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, gastro-oesophageal reflux disease:
(a)          means a chronic condition involving retrograde flow of gastro-duodenal contents into the oesophagus, larynx or pharynx, resulting in:
(i)             symptoms sufficient to warrant regular medical treatment; or
(ii)         histological evidence of oesophageal inflammation; and
(b)           includes reflux oesophagitis and reflux with oesophageal ulceration; and
(c)           excludes Barrett's oesophagus, non-reflux oesophagitis, non-reflux oesophageal ulceration, traumatic oesophageal perforation or tear and oesophageal varices.
            Note: Symptoms of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease include heartburn, regurgitation with or without excess salivation, chest pain, difficulty with or pain when swallowing, chronic cough, hoarseness, wheezing and nausea.
(3)          While gastro-oesophageal reflux disease attracts ICD‑10‑AM code K21, in applying this Statement of Principles the meaning of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease 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 gastro-oesophageal reflux disease
(5)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, gastro-oesophageal reflux disease, in relation to a person, includes death from a terminal event or condition that was contributed to by the person's gastro-oesophageal reflux disease.
Note: terminal event is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.