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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 tinea and death from tinea.
Meaning of tinea
(2)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, tinea:
(a)          means a fungal infection of the skin, hair or nails caused by the dermatophytes Epidermophyton, Trichophyton, Microsporum, Arthroderma, Ctenomyces, Lophophyton, Nannizzia, Guarromyces or Paraphyton; and
(b)          includes:
(i)            tinea infection of the beard (tinea barbae), scalp (tinea capitis), body (tinea corporis), groin/perineal region (tinea cruris/inguinalis), hand (tinea manus/manuum), foot (tinea pedis), and nail (tinea unguium/onchomycosis);
(ii)         tinea gladiatorum; and
(iii)       Majocchi's granuloma (granuloma trichophyticum); and
(c)          excludes:
(i)            tinea versicolour;
(ii)         tinea flava;
(iii)       tinea nigra;
(iv)        tinea blanca;
(v)          tinea amiantacea; and
(vi)        fungal infection involving mucous membranes or a systemic fungal infection.
Note 1: Tinea includes Id reactions which is an allergic rash occurring as a result of allergy to fungal antigens from a tinea at a distant site.
Note 2: The SoP should be invoked separately in relation to each instance of tinea, in each separate location of the body, and in each instance separate in time.
Note 3: Some examples of clinical worsening are where tinea has disseminated, become deeply invasive in the form of Majocchi's granuloma, or has become refractory to first-line treatment.
(3)          While tinea attracts ICD‑10‑AM code B35, in applying this Statement of Principles the meaning of tinea 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 tinea
(5)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, tinea, in relation to a person, includes death from a terminal event or condition that was contributed to by the person's tinea.
Note: terminal event is defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.