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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 testis and epididymis and death from malignant neoplasm of the testis and epididymis.
Meaning of malignant neoplasm of the testis and epididymis
(2)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, malignant neoplasm of the testis and epididymis:
(a)          means a primary malignant neoplasm arising from cells of the testis and/or epididymis; and
(b)          includes the following:
(i)            germ cell tumour in situ;
(ii)         germ cell tumour;
(iii)       seminoma and non-seminoma;
(iv)        sex cord stromal carcinomas;
(v)          epididymis carcinomas; and
(vi)        rete testis carcinomas; and
(c)          excludes the following:
(i)            vas deferens tumours;
(ii)         soft tissue sarcoma;
(iii)       non-Hodgkin lymphoma;
(iv)        Hodgkin lymphoma;
(v)          leukaemic infiltrates.
(3)          While malignant neoplasm of the testis and epididymis attracts ICD‑10‑AM codes C62 and C63.0, in applying this Statement of Principles the meaning of malignant neoplasm of the testis and epididymis 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 testis and epididymis
(5)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, malignant neoplasm of the testis and epididymis, 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 testis and epididymis.
Note: terminal event is defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.