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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 lung and death from malignant neoplasm of the lung.
Meaning of malignant neoplasm of the lung
(2)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, malignant neoplasm of the lung:
(a)          means a primary malignant neoplasm arising from the epithelial cells of the trachea, bronchus, bronchioles or alveoli; and
(b)          includes:
                 (i)            adenocarcinoma of the lung;
                 (ii)         carcinoma in situ of the lung;
                 (iii)       large cell carcinoma of the lung;
                 (iv)        lymphoepithelial carcinoma of the lung;
                 (v)          non-small cell carcinoma of the lung;
                 (vi)        small cell carcinoma of the lung; and
                 (vii)     squamous cell carcinoma of the lung; and
(c)          excludes:
                 (i)            carcinoid tumours;
                 (ii)         haematolymphoid tumours including non-Hodgkin lymphoma and Hodgkin lymphoma;
                 (iii)       malignant melanoma;
                 (iv)        mesenchymal tumours including soft tissue sarcoma;
                 (v)          mesothelioma; and
                 (vi)        metastatic cancer from other primary sites.
(3)          While malignant neoplasm of the lung attracts ICD‑10‑AM codes C33, C44, D02.1 and D02.2, in applying this Statement of Principles the meaning of malignant neoplasm of the lung 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 lung
(5)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, malignant neoplasm of the lung, 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 lung.
Note: terminal event is defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.