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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 dental pulp and periapical disease and death from dental pulp and periapical disease.
Meaning of dental pulp and periapical disease
(2)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, dental pulp and periapical disease:
(a)          means inflammation, infection, necrosis or degeneration of the pulp of the teeth and pulp-related pathological changes involving the apices of the teeth; and
(b)          includes:
(i)            abnormal hard tissue formation in pulp, including condensing osteitis;
(ii)         periapical abscess;
(iii)       periapical cyst;
(iv)        periapical periodontitis;
(v)          pulp necrosis;
(vi)        pulp stones; and
(vii)     pulpitis; and
(c)          excludes:
(i)            peri-implantitis; and
(ii)         periapical lesions that are not of inflammatory origin.
            Note 1: Although patients may be asymptomatic, manifestations typically include mild to severe toothache, tooth pain on percussion or biting, tooth sensitivity to cold stimuli, the presence of a sinus tract and tooth discolouration.
            Note 2: Examples of periapical lesions that are not of inflammatory origin include developmental cysts and odontogenic tumours.
            Note 3: periapical abscess, periapical cyst, periapical periodontitis and pulpitis are defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(3)          While dental pulp and periapical disease attracts ICD‑10‑AM code K04, in applying this Statement of Principles the meaning of dental pulp and periapical disease 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 dental pulp and periapical disease
(5)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, dental pulp and periapical disease, in relation to a person, includes death from a terminal event or condition that was contributed to by the person's dental pulp and periapical disease.
Note: terminal event is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.