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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 nasopharynx and death from malignant neoplasm of the nasopharynx.
Meaning of malignant neoplasm of the nasopharynx
(2)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, malignant neoplasm of the nasopharynx:
(a)          means a primary malignancy of the mucosa of the nasopharynx, which extends from the nares (nostrils) to that part of the pharynx which lies above the level of the soft palate; and
(b)          excludes:
                (i)            carcinoid (neuroendocrine) tumour;
                (ii)         Hodgkin's lymphoma;
                (iii)       malignant neoplasm of the oral cavity, oropharynx and hypopharynx;
                (iv)        malignant neoplasm of the larynx;
                (v)          non-Hodgkin lymphoma; and
                (vi)        soft tissue sarcoma.
(3)          While malignant neoplasm of the nasopharynx attracts ICD‑10‑AM code C11, in applying this Statement of Principles the meaning of malignant neoplasm of the nasopharynx 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 nasopharynx
(5)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, malignant neoplasm of the nasopharynx, 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 nasopharynx.
Note: terminal event is defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.