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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 sickle-cell disorder and death from sickle-cell disorder.
Meaning of sickle-cell disorder
(2)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, sickle-cell disorder means:
(a)          a genetic disorder leading to the production of haemoglobin S (HbS), a defective form of haemoglobin; and
         includes:

(b)           sickle-cell disease, in which there are two copies of the HbS gene (HbSS); and
(c)           sickle-cell trait, in which there is one copy of the HbS gene and one normal gene (HbSA); and
(d)           double heterozygous sickling disorders, in which there is one copy of the HbS gene plus one copy of another β-globin gene variant.
Note 1: Sickle-cell disorder may involve symptomatic episodes in which red blood cells become deformed, leading to vaso-occlusive, anaemic or infectious events.
Note 2: The diagnosis can also be made in asymptomatic individuals by genetic testing.
(3)          While sickle-cell disorder attracts ICD‑10‑AM code D57, in applying this Statement of Principles the meaning of sickle-cell disorder 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 sickle-cell disorder
(5)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, sickle-cell disorder, in relation to a person, includes death from a terminal event or condition that was contributed to by the person's sickle-cell disorder.
Note: terminal event is defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.