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6               Kind of injury, disease or death to which this Statement of Principles relates
(1)          This Statement of Principles is about discoid lupus erythematosus and death from discoid lupus erythematosus.
      Meaning of discoid lupus erythematosus
(2)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, discoid lupus erythematosus means:
(a)          a form of chronic cutaneous lupus erythematosus that commonly presents with erythematous, scaly plaques which often heal with scarring and atrophy; and
(b)          excludes systemic lupus erythematosus.
(3)          While discoid lupus erythematosus attracts ICD‑10‑AM code L93.0, in applying this Statement of Principles the meaning of discoid lupus erythematosus 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 discoid lupus erythematosus
(5)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, discoid lupus erythematosus, in relation to a person, includes death from a terminal event or condition that was contributed to by the person's discoid lupus erythematosus.
Note: terminal event is defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.