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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 malignant neoplasm of the cervix and death from malignant neoplasm of the cervix.
Meaning of malignant neoplasm of the cervix
(2)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, malignant neoplasm of the cervix:
(a)          means a primary invasive carcinoma, carcinoma in situ, adenocarcinoma in situ or cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 3, arising from the cells of the cervix uteri; and
(b)          includes squamous cell carcinoma, adenocarcinoma and adenosquamous carcinoma; and
(c)          excludes:
(i)            cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grades 1 or 2;
(ii)         malignant melanoma and melanoma in situ;
(iii)       neuroendocrine tumours; and
(iv)        soft tissue sarcoma, adenosarcoma, carcinosarcoma,
non-Hodgkin lymphoma and Hodgkin's lymphoma.
(3)          While malignant neoplasm of the cervix attracts ICD‑10‑AM code C53 or D06, in applying this Statement of Principles the meaning of malignant neoplasm of the cervix 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 malignant neoplasm of the cervix
(5)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, malignant neoplasm of the cervix, in relation to a person, includes death from a terminal event or condition that was contributed to by the person's malignant neoplasm of the cervix.
            Note: terminal event is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.