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6               Kind of injury, disease or death to which this Statement of Principles relates
(1)          This Statement of Principles is about de Quervain tendinopathy and death from de Quervain tendinopathy.
Meaning of de Quervain tendinopathy
(2)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, de Quervain tendinopathy means entrapment of one or both tendons in the first extensor compartment of the radial side of the wrist, producing localised pain and tenderness that is exacerbated by movement of the thumb or wrist.
(3)          While de Quervain tendinopathy attracts ICD‑10‑AM code M65.4, in applying this Statement of Principles the meaning of de Quervain tendinopathy 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 de Quervain tendinopathy
(5)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, de Quervain tendinopathy, in relation to a person, includes death from a terminal event or condition that was contributed to by the person's de Quervain tendinopathy.
Note: terminal event is defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.