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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 bile duct and death from malignant neoplasm of the bile duct.
Meaning of malignant neoplasm of the bile duct
(2)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, malignant neoplasm of the bile duct:
(a)          means a primary malignant neoplasm arising from the epithelial cells of the intrahepatic or extrahepatic bile ducts (including the ampulla of Vater and the cystic duct); and
(b)          includes:
(i)             cholangiocarcinoma;
(ii)          Klatskin tumour (hilar cholangiocarcinoma);
(iii)        squamous cell carcinoma of the bile duct;
(iv)         adenosquamous carcinoma of the bile duct;
(v)           undifferentiated carcinoma of the bile duct;
(vi)         lymphoepithelioma-like cholangiocarcinoma; and
(vii)      adenocarcinoma of ampulla of Vater; and
(c)          excludes:
(i)             soft tissue sarcoma;
(ii)          malignant neoplasm of the gallbladder;
(iii)        neuroendocrine carcinoma of the gallbladder;
(iv)         non-Hodgkin lymphoma; and
(v)           Hodgkin lymphoma.
(3)          While malignant neoplasm of the bile duct attracts ICD‑10‑AM code C22.1, C24.0 and C24.1, in applying this Statement of Principles the meaning of malignant neoplasm of the bile duct 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 bile duct
(5)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, malignant neoplasm of the bile duct, 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 bile duct.
Note: terminal event is defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.