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6               Kind of injury, disease or death to which this Statement of Principles relates
(1)          This Statement of Principles is about umbilical hernia and death from umbilical hernia.
Meaning of umbilical hernia
(2)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, umbilical hernia means:
(a)          a protrusion of intra-abdominal tissue through an incompletely closed or weakened umbilical ring; and
(b)           includes peri-umbilical and para-umbilical hernias; and
(c)           excludes incisional hernia located at the umbilicus.
(3)          While umbilical hernia attracts ICD‑10‑AM code K42.0, K42.1 or K42.9, in applying this Statement of Principles the meaning of umbilical hernia 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 umbilical hernia
(5)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, umbilical hernia, in relation to a person, includes death from a terminal event or condition that was contributed to by the person's umbilical hernia.
Note: terminal event is defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.