Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2022L00012:reg:7
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2022L00012
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 7
Character Range: 1765–3727

7               Kind of injury, disease or death to which this Statement of Principles relates
(1)          This Statement of Principles is about malignant neoplasm of the colon and rectum and death from malignant neoplasm of the colon and rectum.
Meaning of malignant neoplasm of the colon and rectum
(2)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, malignant neoplasm of the colon and rectum:
(a)          means a primary malignant neoplasm arising from the epithelial cells of the colon or rectum; and
(b)          excludes soft tissue sarcoma, carcinoid tumour, non-Hodgkin lymphoma and Hodgkin's lymphoma.
            Note 1: The colon extends from the colonic caecum (including the ileocaecal junction and vermiform appendix) to the sigmoid colon (not including the rectosigmoid junction).
            Note 2: The rectum extends from the rectosigmoid junction to the junction of the rectum with the anal canal.
(3)          While malignant neoplasm of the colon and rectum attracts ICD‑10‑AM code C18, C19 or C20, in applying this Statement of Principles the meaning of malignant neoplasm of the colon and rectum 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 malignant neoplasm of the colon or rectum
(5)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, malignant neoplasm of the colon or rectum, in relation to a person, includes death from a terminal event or condition that was contributed to by the person's malignant neoplasm of the colon or rectum.
Note: terminal event is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.