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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 varicocoele and death from varicocoele.
Meaning of varicocoele
(2)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, varicocoele means an abnormal tortuosity and dilatation of the veins of the pampiniform plexus within the spermatic cord in the scrotum.
            Note: Varicocoele usually presents as a scrotal swelling.  Varicocoele may also be associated with male infertility.
(3)          While varicocoele attracts ICD‑10‑AM code I86.1, in applying this Statement of Principles the meaning of varicocoele 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 varicocoele
(5)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, varicocoele, in relation to a person, includes death from a terminal event or condition that was contributed to by the person's varicocoele.
Note: terminal event is defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.