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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 internal derangement of the knee and death from internal derangement of the knee.
Meaning of internal derangement of the knee
(2)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, internal derangement of the knee:
(a)          means a chronic disorder of the knee due to a torn meniscus of the knee, or a torn or stretched collateral, cruciate or capsular ligament of the knee; and
(b)          excludes chondromalacia patella and other disorders of the patella, congenital discoid meniscus, osteochondritis dissecans, cysts of the menisci, degenerative tears of the menisci, and other degenerative processes such as osteoarthritis and loose bodies in the knee joint.
            Note: Internal derangement of the knee is characterised by ongoing or recurrent signs and symptoms of pain, swelling, instability, locking or altered mobility.
(3)          While internal derangement of the knee attracts ICD‑10‑AM code M23.2, M23.5, M23.8 or M23.9, in applying this Statement of Principles the meaning of internal derangement of the knee 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 internal derangement of the knee
(5)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, internal derangement of the knee, in relation to a person, includes death from a terminal event or condition that was contributed to by the person's internal derangement of the knee.
Note: terminal event is defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.