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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 Morton metatarsalgia and death from Morton metatarsalgia.
Meaning of Morton metatarsalgia
(2)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, Morton metatarsalgia:
(a)           means an entrapment or irritation of the interdigital plantar nerve between the metatarsal heads, causing an acquired neuropathy; and
(b)          excludes peripheral neuropathy.
Note 1: Morton metatarsalgia is also known as Morton neuroma.
            Note 2: Signs and symptoms of Morton metatarsalgia may include, but are not limited to, pain and numbness of the forefoot, most commonly in the second or third intermetatarsal space, which may radiate to the toes.
(3)          While Morton metatarsalgia attracts ICD-10-AM code G57.6, in applying this Statement of Principles the meaning of Morton metatarsalgia 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 Morton metatarsalgia
(5)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, Morton metatarsalgia, in relation to a person, includes death from a terminal event or condition that was contributed to by the person's Morton metatarsalgia.
Note: terminal event is defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.