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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 otosclerosis and death from otosclerosis.
Meaning of otosclerosis
(2)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, otosclerosis means a disorder of the bone of the labyrinthine capsule, characterised by new bone formation commonly involving the footplate of the stapes.
(3)          While otosclerosis attracts ICD‑10‑AM code H80, in applying this Statement of Principles the meaning of otosclerosis 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), Ninth Edition, effective date of 1 July 2015, copyrighted by the Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, ISBN 978‑1‑76007‑020‑5.
Death from otosclerosis
(5)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, otosclerosis, in relation to a person, includes death from a terminal event or condition that was contributed to by the person's otosclerosis.
Note: terminal event is defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.