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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 gastric ulcer and gastric erosion and death from gastric ulcer and gastric erosion.
Meaning of gastric ulcer and gastric erosion
(2)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, gastric ulcer and gastric erosion:
(a)          means a non-malignant disruption in the mucosal surface of the stomach; and
(b)          includes ulcers or erosions due to gastric foreign bodies; and
(c)          excludes:
(i)            acute haemorrhagic gastritis; and
(ii)         stomach perforations from external trauma such as stabbing, explosive blast injury or gunshot injury.
Note: A gastric erosion is a disruption in the mucosal surface of the stomach above the lamina propria, and a gastric ulcer is a disruption in the mucosal surface of stomach that extends past the lamina propria and through the muscularis mucosa into the submucosa.
(3)          While gastric ulcer and gastric erosion attracts ICD‑10‑AM code K25 in applying this Statement of Principles the meaning of gastric ulcer and gastric erosion 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 gastric ulcer and gastric erosion
(5)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, gastric ulcer and gastric erosion, in relation to a person, includes death from a terminal event or condition that was contributed to by the person's gastric ulcer and gastric erosion.
Note: terminal event is defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.