Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2020C00426:reg:7
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Provision Reference: 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 diverticular disease of the colon and death from diverticular disease of the colon.
Meaning of diverticular disease of the colon
(2)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, diverticular disease of the colon means:
(a)          acquired herniations of the mucosa of the colon through the muscular layers of the bowel wall, which may manifest without inflammation, as diverticulosis, or with inflammation, as diverticulitis; and
(b)          includes diverticular bleeding, perforation of a diverticulum, diverticular abscess and diverticulitis complicated by fistula.
(3)          While diverticular disease of the colon attracts ICD‑10‑AM code K57.2 or K57.3, in applying this Statement of Principles the meaning of diverticular disease of the colon 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 diverticular disease of the colon
(5)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, diverticular disease of the colon, in relation to a person, includes death from a terminal event or condition that was contributed to by the person's diverticular disease of the colon.
Note: terminal event is defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.