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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 cirrhosis of the liver and death from cirrhosis of the liver.
Meaning of cirrhosis of the liver
(2)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, cirrhosis of the liver means a chronic condition of the hepatic parenchyma involving severe fibrosis in association with the formation of regenerative nodules.
(3)          While cirrhosis of the liver attracts ICD‑10‑AM code K70.3, K71.7 or K74.3-K74.6, in applying this Statement of Principles the meaning of cirrhosis of the liver 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 cirrhosis of the liver
(5)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, cirrhosis of the liver, in relation to a person, includes death from a terminal event or condition that was contributed to by the person's cirrhosis of the liver.
Note: terminal event is defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.