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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 colorectal adenoma and death from colorectal adenoma.
Meaning of colorectal adenoma
(2)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, colorectal adenoma:
(a)          means a benign neoplasm arising from the epithelial cells of the colorectum; and
(b)          includes:
(i)            adenomatous polyp;
(ii)         sessile serrated adenoma; and
(iii)       traditional serrated adenoma; and
(c)          excludes:
(i)            benign neoplasms of the anus and anal canal;
(ii)         familial adenomatous polyposis;
(iii)       non-neoplastic polyps of the colon;
(iv)        nonepithelial neoplasms of the colon; and
(v)          non-polypoid dysplasia.
(3)          While colorectal adenoma attracts ICD‑10‑AM code D12.0, D12.1, D12.2, D12.3, D12.4, D12.5, D12.7 or D12.8, in applying this Statement of Principles the meaning of colorectal adenoma 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 colorectal adenoma
(5)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, colorectal adenoma, in relation to a person, includes death from a terminal event or condition that was contributed to by the person's colorectal adenoma.
Note: terminal event is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.