4Definitions

4 Definitions

In this instrument:

Act means the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988.

disease has its ordinary meaning.

ICD–10–AM reference, short for International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 11th edition, Australian Modification, means the reference in the alphanumeric coding scheme for diseases and external causes of injury set out in ICD–10–AM, as in force on 1 July 2019.

Note: The text of the ICD–10–AM, could in 2021, be viewed on the Independent Hospital Pricing Authority’s website, (http://www.ihpa.gov.au).

substance means any natural or artificial substance, whether in the form of a solid, liquid, gas or vapour.