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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 photocontact dermatitis and death from photocontact dermatitis.
Meaning of photocontact dermatitis
(2)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, photocontact dermatitis:
(a)          means inflammation of an area of the skin from exposure to light in the presence of a phototoxic agent or photoallergen that has been applied to the same area of skin; and
(b)          includes phototoxic contact dermatitis and photoallergic contact dermatitis; and
(c)          excludes:
(i)            allergic contact dermatitis;
(ii)         irritant contact dermatitis;
(iii)       phototoxic contact dermatitis due to systemic administration of a phototoxicant; and
(iv)        systemic allergic dermatitis.
            Note 1: Phototoxic contact dermatitis typically presents as an exaggerated sunburn while photoallergic contact dermatitis typically presents as an eczema like rash in sun-exposed skin.
Note 2: light is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(3)          While photocontact dermatitis attracts ICD‑10‑AM code L56.2, in applying this Statement of Principles the meaning of photocontact dermatitis 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 photocontact dermatitis
(5)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, photocontact dermatitis, in relation to a person, includes death from a terminal event or condition that was contributed to by the person's photocontact dermatitis.
Note: terminal event is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.