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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 spondylolisthesis and spondylolysis and death from spondylolisthesis and spondylolysis.
Meaning of spondylolisthesis and spondylolysis
(2)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles:
(a)          spondylolisthesis means forward displacement (anterolisthesis) or backward displacement (retrolisthesis) of one vertebra over the vertebra below; and
(b)          spondylolysis means a defect or fracture, unilateral or bilateral, involving the pars interarticularis of a vertebra.
(3)          While spondylolisthesis attracts ICD‑10‑AM code M43.1 or Q76.21 and spondylolysis attracts ICD‑10‑AM code M43.0 or Q76.22, in applying this Statement of Principles the meaning of spondylolisthesis and spondylolysis 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 spondylolisthesis or spondylolysis
(5)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, spondylolisthesis or spondylolysis, in relation to a person, includes death from a terminal event or condition that was contributed to by the person's spondylolisthesis or spondylolysis.
Note: terminal event is defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.