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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 Paget disease of bone and death from Paget disease of bone.
Meaning of Paget disease of bone
(2)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, Paget disease of bone means a focal disease of bone at single or multiple sites, with repeated episodes of accelerated bone resorption followed by disorganised new bone formation, resulting in bone of impaired integrity and structure.
Note: Clinical manifestations typically include bone pain, bone enlargement, deformity or bowing of bones but may be asymptomatic. Bones commonly involved include the skull, spine, pelvis, and long bones of the lower extremity. Paget disease of bone is also known as osteitis deformans.
(3)          While Paget disease of bone attracts ICD‑10‑AM code M88, in applying this Statement of Principles the meaning of Paget disease of bone 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 Paget disease of bone
(5)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, Paget disease of bone, in relation to a person, includes death from a terminal event or condition that was contributed to by the person's Paget disease of bone.
Note: terminal event is defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.