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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 influenza and death from influenza.
Meaning of influenza
(2)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, influenza means:
(a)          an acute respiratory tract infection due to the influenza virus and characterised by fever, cough, shortness of breath, headaches, myalgia, conjunctivitis and pneumonia; and
(b)          includes infection with human and animal influenza subtypes.
Note: influenza virus is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(3)          While influenza attracts ICD‑10‑AM code J09, J10 or J11, in applying this Statement of Principles the meaning of influenza 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), Ninth Edition, effective date of 1 July 2015, copyrighted by the Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, ISBN 978‑1‑76007‑020‑5.
Death from influenza
(5)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, influenza, in relation to a person, includes death from a terminal event or condition that was contributed to by the person's influenza.
Note: terminal event is defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.