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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 Hodgkin lymphoma and death from Hodgkin lymphoma.
Meaning of Hodgkin lymphoma
(2)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, Hodgkin lymphoma:
(a)          means a specific group of malignant neoplasms of the lymph nodes and lymphoid tissue derived from B lymphocytes; and
(b)          includes:
(i)            nodular sclerosis classical Hodgkin lymphoma;
(ii)         lymphocyte-rich classical Hodgkin lymphoma;
(iii)       mixed cellularity classical Hodgkin lymphoma;
(iv)        lymphocyte-depleted classical Hodgkin lymphoma; and
(v)          nodular lymphocyte predominant Hodgkin lymphoma; and
(c)          excludes non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
Note 1: Hodgkin lymphoma is also known as Hodgkin's lymphoma and Hodgkin's disease.
             Note 2: Symptoms of Hodgkin lymphoma include painless lymphadenopathy, fever, night sweats and loss of body mass.
(3)          While Hodgkin lymphoma attracts ICD‑10‑AM code C81, in applying this Statement of Principles the meaning of Hodgkin lymphoma 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 Hodgkin lymphoma
(5)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, Hodgkin lymphoma, in relation to a person, includes death from a terminal event or condition that was contributed to by the person's Hodgkin lymphoma.
             Note: terminal event is defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.