How many illness definitions exceed the ABI standards?
There are 8 illness definitions that exceed the ABI standards:- Aorta graft surgery – for disease or traumatic injury. We have added traumatic injury. Benign brain tumour – resulting in permanent symptoms. In addition, the requirement for permanent neurological deficit with persisting clinical symptoms will be waived if the benign brain tumour is surgically removed. Coma – resulting in permanent symptoms. We have removed the need for the use of life support systems to be for a continuous period of at least 96 hours. Coronary artery bypass grafts. To correct narrowing or blockage of one or more coronary arteries. We have removed the need to have median sternotomy (surgery to divide the breastbone). Heart attack – of specified severity. We have removed the requirement to have typical clinical symptoms. Heart valve replacement or repair. We have removed the need to have median sternotomy (surgery to divide the breastbone). HIV infection caught from a blood transfusion, a physical assault
