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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 malignant neoplasm of the liver and death from malignant neoplasm of the liver.
Meaning of malignant neoplasm of the liver
(2)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, malignant neoplasm of the liver:
(a)          means a primary malignant neoplasm arising from the hepatocytes; and
(b)          excludes:
                (i)            carcinoid tumour;
                (ii)         Hodgkin's lymphoma;
                (iii)       malignant neoplasm of the bile duct;
                (iv)        non-Hodgkin lymphoma; and
                (v)          soft tissue sarcoma.
Note: Malignant neoplasm of the liver is also known as hepatocellular carcinoma.
(3)          While malignant neoplasm of the liver attracts ICD‑10‑AM code C22.0, in applying this Statement of Principles the meaning of malignant neoplasm of the liver 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 malignant neoplasm of the liver
(5)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, malignant neoplasm of the liver, in relation to a person, includes death from a terminal event or condition that was contributed to by the person's malignant neoplasm of the liver.
Note: terminal event is defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.