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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 herpes simplex and death from herpes simplex.
Meaning of herpes simplex
(2)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, herpes simplex means a clinical illness caused by herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) or herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2).  Lesions arising at an anatomical location where they have not previously occurred may be regarded as a new infection.
            Note 1: This infection is a lifelong, persistent infection of the peripheral nervous system ganglia.  It is characterised by intermittent episodes of localised vesicular lesions on the skin or mucous membranes, but can also involve the central nervous system or other organs.
            Note 2: HSV-1 typically causes orofacial lesions and HSV-2 typically causes genital lesions, but either subtype may infect the oral mucosa or the genital tract and either may occur at other sites.
            Note 3: HSV complications include corneal scarring or significant skin scarring, eczema herpeticum, HSV dissemination or visceral involvement.
            Note 4: eczema herpeticum is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(3)          While herpes simplex attracts ICD‑10‑AM code B00 or A60, in applying this Statement of Principles the meaning of herpes simplex 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 herpes simplex
(5)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, herpes simplex, in relation to a person, includes death from a terminal event or condition that was contributed to by the person's herpes simplex.
Note: terminal event is defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.