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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 Marfan syndrome and death from Marfan syndrome.
Meaning of Marfan syndrome
(2)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, Marfan syndrome means a genetic disorder of connective tissue that typically involves abnormalities of the eyes, bones, heart and blood vessels.
(3)          While Marfan syndrome attracts ICD‑10‑AM code Q87.4, in applying this Statement of Principles the meaning of Marfan syndrome 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 Marfan syndrome
(5)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, Marfan syndrome, in relation to a person, includes death from a terminal event or condition that was contributed to by the person's Marfan syndrome.
Note: terminal event is defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.