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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 open-angle glaucoma and death from open-angle glaucoma.
Meaning of open-angle glaucoma
(2)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, open-angle glaucoma:
(a)          means an acquired, progressive optic neuropathy involving characteristic optic disc abnormalities and associated visual field defects, occurring in the presence of an open iridocorneal angle and usually associated with raised intraocular pressure; and
(b)          includes normal tension glaucoma; and
(c)          excludes congenital, infantile or development glaucomas.
Note 1: Open-angle glaucoma may be primary, or secondary to another eye disorder.
Note 2: Open-angle glaucoma may be asymptomatic until the optic nerve damage is severe.
(3)          While open-angle glaucoma attracts ICD‑10‑AM code H40.1, in applying this Statement of Principles the meaning of open-angle glaucoma 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 open-angle glaucoma
(5)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, open-angle glaucoma, in relation to a person, includes death from a terminal event or condition that was contributed to by the person's open-angle glaucoma.
Note: terminal event is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.