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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 osteomyelitis and death from osteomyelitis.
Meaning of osteomyelitis
(2)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, osteomyelitis:
(a)          means inflammation of bone caused by infection; and
(b)          excludes chondritis, septic arthritis and discitis.
Note 1: Osteomyelitis can affect all bones including the jaw, bones of the inner ear, and vertebrae.
Note 2: Osteomyelitis can be caused by bacteria, fungi, some parasites of the Echinococcus, Trichinella and Schistosoma genus.
(3)          While osteomyelitis attracts ICD‑10‑AM codes M90.2, M86, M46.2 and K10.2, in applying this Statement of Principles the meaning of osteomyelitis 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 osteomyelitis
(5)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, osteomyelitis, in relation to a person, includes death from a terminal event or condition that was contributed to by the person's osteomyelitis.
Note: terminal event is defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.