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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 dental malocclusion and death from dental malocclusion.
Meaning of dental malocclusion
(2)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, dental malocclusion:
(a)          means acquired malposition of maxillary or mandibular teeth resulting in abnormal contact; and
(b)          includes acquired dental hyperocclusion.
                Note 1:  Dental malocclusion can result in a range of complications, including, but not limited to, difficulty with mastication or speech, and mobility of the affected teeth.
Note 2:  dental hyperocclusion is defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.
(3)          While dental malocclusion attracts ICD‑10‑AM code K07.2 or K07.4, in applying this Statement of Principles the meaning of dental malocclusion 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 dental malocclusion
(5)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, dental malocclusion, in relation to a person, includes death from a terminal event or condition that was contributed to by the person's dental malocclusion.
Note: terminal event is defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.