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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 rotator cuff syndrome and death from rotator cuff syndrome.
Meaning of rotator cuff syndrome
(2)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, rotator cuff syndrome:
(a)          means a clinically symptomatic inflammatory or degenerative disorder of the rotator cuff of the shoulder joint or the long head of biceps and their associated bursae; and
(b)          includes:
(i)            calcifying tendonitis of the shoulder;
(ii)         rotator cuff tear or rupture;
(iii)       rotator cuff impingement syndrome;
(iv)        rotator cuff tendinopathy or tendonitis;
(v)          subacromial impingement syndrome;
(vi)        supraspinatus syndrome; or
(vii)     tendonitis of the long head of the biceps; and
(c)          excludes adhesive capsulitis of the shoulder.
                Note 1: The rotator cuff is the musculotendinous cuff of the shoulder joint comprising supraspinatus, infraspinatus, subscapularis and teres minor muscles. Associated bursae include the subacromial or subdeltoid bursae.
                Note 2: Rotator cuff syndrome is characterised by persistent pain and tenderness in the shoulder that usually worsens when the arm is abducted into an overhead position.
(3)          While rotator cuff syndrome attracts ICD‑10‑AM codes M75.1, M75.2, M75.3, M74.4 or M74.5 in applying this Statement of Principles the meaning of rotator cuff syndrome 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 rotator cuff syndrome
(5)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, rotator cuff syndrome, in relation to a person, includes death from a terminal event or condition that was contributed to by the person's rotator cuff syndrome.
Note: terminal event is defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.