Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2017C00870:reg:7
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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 acquired cataract and death from acquired cataract.
Meaning of acquired cataract
(2)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, acquired cataract means an opacification of the lens or lens capsule of the eye which causes visual impairment and which is not due to congenital or infantile cataract or lens malformation.
(3)          While acquired cataract attracts ICD‑10‑AM code H25, H26.1-H26.9, H28.1 or H28.2, in applying this Statement of Principles the meaning of acquired cataract 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), Ninth Edition, effective date of 1 July 2015, copyrighted by the Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, ISBN 978‑1‑76007‑020‑5.
Death from acquired cataract
(5)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, acquired cataract, in relation to a person, includes death from a terminal event or condition that was contributed to by the person's acquired cataract.
Note: terminal event is defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.