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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 cervical spondylosis and death from cervical spondylosis.
(2)          This Statement of Principles applies to cervical spondylosis that has been diagnosed on the basis of:
(a)          clinical manifestations of local pain and stiffness, or symptoms and signs of cervical cord or cervical nerve root compression; and
(b)          imaging evidence of degenerative change, including disc space narrowing or osteophytes.
Note: imaging evidence of degenerative change is defined in the Schedule 1 Dictionary. It will usually be the case that the date of the imaging evidence of degenerative change is after the date of clinical onset.
(3)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles "cervical spondylosis" means a degenerative joint disorder affecting the cervical vertebrae or intervertebral discs including spondylosis at the cervicothoracic junction.
(4)          The definition of cervical spondylosis given at subsection (3) excludes diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis and bulging of an intervertebral disc in the absence of other signs of disc degeneration.
(5)          Other commonly associated features of cervical spondylosis include facet joint arthritis, bone hypertrophy and spinal stenosis.
(6)          cervical spondylosis attracts ICD‑10‑AM codes M47.01, M47.02, M47.03, M47.11, M47.12, M47.13, M47.21, M47.22, M47.23, M47.81, M47.82, M47.83, M47.91, M47.92, M47.93 or M50.3, in applying this Statement of Principles the meaning of cervical spondylosis is that given in subsection (3).
(7)          In this Statement of Principles, the definition of "cervical spondylosis" is that given at subsection (3).
(8)          For subsection (6), 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 cervical spondylosis
(9)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, cervical spondylosis, in relation to a person, includes death from a terminal event or condition that was contributed to by the person's cervical spondylosis.
Note: terminal event is defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.