Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2021L00014: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 angle-closure glaucoma and death from angle-closure glaucoma.
Meaning of angle-closure glaucoma
(2)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, angle-closure glaucoma means acquired closure of the anterior chamber angle of the eye, leading to reduction in aqueous outflow and elevation of intraocular pressure, and with associated ocular symptoms and signs.
Note 1: Angle-closure glaucoma can be acute, subacute or chronic.
            Note 2: Typical symptoms and signs of acute angle-closure glaucoma are rapid onset of severe eye pain, nausea or vomiting, corneal oedema and poor visual acuity.
            Note 3: Chronic angle-closure glaucoma causes a progressive neuropathy involving characteristic optic disc abnormalities and visual field defects.
(3)          While angle-closure glaucoma attracts ICD‑10‑AM code H40, in applying this Statement of Principles the meaning of angle-closure glaucoma 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 angle-closure glaucoma
(5)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, angle-closure glaucoma, in relation to a person, includes death from a terminal event or condition that was contributed to by the person's angle-closure glaucoma.
Note: terminal event is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.