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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 allergic rhinitis and death from allergic rhinitis.
Meaning of allergic rhinitis
(2)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, allergic rhinitis:
(a)          means symptomatic inflammation of the nasal mucosa associated with allergen exposure and mediated by an immunoglobulin E (IgE) allergic response; and
(b)          includes:
(i)            intermittent (seasonal) allergic rhinitis;
(ii)         local allergic rhinitis;
(iii)       occupational allergic rhinitis; and
(iv)        persistent (perennial) allergic rhinitis; and
(c)          excludes:
(i)            allergic fungal rhinosinusitis;
(ii)         eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis;
(iii)       non-allergic rhinitis; and
(iv)        vasomotor rhinitis.
                Note 1: Symptoms of allergic rhinitis include rhinorrhea, nasal congestion or blockage, itching of the nose and sneezing.
                Note 2: Some patients with chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyposis or central compartment atopic disease may also have allergic rhinitis.
(3)          While allergic rhinitis attracts ICD 10 AM code J30.1, J30.2, J30.3 or J30.4, in applying this Statement of Principles the meaning of allergic rhinitis 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 allergic rhinitis
(5)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, allergic rhinitis, in relation to a person, includes death from a terminal event or condition that was contributed to by the person's allergic rhinitis.
Note: terminal event is defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.