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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 malignant neoplasm of the small intestine and death from malignant neoplasm of the small intestine.
Meaning of malignant neoplasm of the small intestine
(2)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, malignant neoplasm of the small intestine:
(a)          means a primary malignant neoplasm arising from the epithelial cells of the small intestine; and
(b)          excludes:
(i)            soft tissue sarcoma;
(ii)         non-Hodgkin lymphoma and Hodgkin lymphoma; and
(iii)       carcinoid tumour.
Note: The small intestine extends from the lower border of the pyloric sphincter up to the ileocaecal junction, including the duodenum, jejunum and ileum.
(3)          While malignant neoplasm of the small intestine attracts ICD‑10‑AM code C17, in applying this Statement of Principles the meaning of malignant neoplasm of the small intestine 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 malignant neoplasm of the small intestine
(5)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, malignant neoplasm of the small intestine, in relation to a person, includes death from a terminal event or condition that was contributed to by the person's malignant neoplasm of the small intestine.
Note: terminal event is defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.