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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 haemorrhoids and death from haemorrhoids.
Meaning of haemorrhoids
(2)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, haemorrhoids means:
(a)          inflammation, bleeding, thrombosis, prolapse or symptomatic enlargement of the haemorrhoidal cushions; and
(b)          excludes anorectal varices.
(3)          While haemorrhoids attracts ICD‑10‑AM code K64, O22.4 or O87.2, in applying this Statement of Principles the meaning of haemorrhoids 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), Ninth Edition, effective date of 1 July 2015, copyrighted by the Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, ISBN 978‑1‑76007‑020‑5.
Death from haemorrhoids
(5)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, haemorrhoids, in relation to a person, includes death from a terminal event or condition that was contributed to by the person's haemorrhoids.
Note: terminal event is defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.