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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 chondromalacia patella and death from chondromalacia patella.
Meaning of chondromalacia patella
(2)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, chondromalacia patella:
(a)          means softening, fibrillation or erosion of the articular cartilage of the patella associated with recurrent or chronic patellofemoral pain; and
(b)          excludes osteoarthritis of the patellofemoral joint.
(3)          While chondromalacia patella attracts ICD‑10‑AM code M22.4, in applying this Statement of Principles the meaning of chondromalacia patella 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 chondromalacia patella
(5)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, chondromalacia patella, in relation to a person, includes death from a terminal event or condition that was contributed to by the person's chondromalacia patella.
Note: terminal event is defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.