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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 hereditary haemochromatosis and death from hereditary haemochromatosis.
Meaning of hereditary haemochromatosis
(2)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, hereditary haemochromatosis:
(a)          means any genetic disorder of iron transport and metabolism which results in accumulation of excess iron, and with:
(i)            documented iron overload in parenchymatous organs; or
(ii)         clinical evidence of iron-related organ or tissue dysfunction; and
(b)          includes:
(i)            classical (type 1) hereditary haemochromatosis due to a mutation of the HFE gene; and
(ii)         non-classical hereditary haemochromatosis due to a mutation of a non-HFE related gene.
            Note: Hereditary haemochromatosis is characterised by the gradual increase in body iron stores in organs and tissues, which can lead to various clinical disorders, including lethargy, hepatic fibrosis or cirrhosis, hepatocellular carcinoma, heart failure, diabetes mellitus, hypogonadism, arthritis, hypopituitarism and skin pigmentation.
(3)          While hereditary haemochromatosis attracts ICD‑10‑AM code E83.1, in applying this Statement of Principles the meaning of hereditary haemochromatosis 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 hereditary haemochromatosis
(5)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, hereditary haemochromatosis, in relation to a person, includes death from a terminal event or condition that was contributed to by the person's hereditary haemochromatosis.
Note: terminal event is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.