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Cnr Lovel & Govett Streets KATOOMBA NSW 2780t 02 4782 6231 m 0407 401 735e [email protected] nolanonlovelgallery.com.au

A contemporary fine art gallery featuring painting (exhibitions change monthly) ceramics, sculpture and jewellery.

The gallery hosts stimulating workshops in art and creativity run by well known Katoomba artist John Ellison.

A popular programme of musical evenings, featuring a variety of artists, is also held on a regular basis in the main gallery. A visually delightful way to enjoy an evening of music in a relaxed and warm environment.

Nolan on Lovel is conveniently located midway between Katoomba & Leura with ample parking.

gallery hours10am–5pm Thur to Sun and public holidays - other times welcome by appointment

Robyn & Terry NolanCnr Lovel & Govett StreetsKatoomba NSW 2780p 02 4782 6231e [email protected] nolanonlovelgallery.com.authursday to sunday 10am-5pm

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An exhibition of recent works by Stephen in the Main Gallery together with a group show of gallery artists in Gallery 2 Saturday 28th March to Sunday April 19, 2009

Nolan On Lovel is a contemporary fine art gallery featuring painting (exhibition changes monthly) ceramics, sculpture and jewellery.The gallery holds stimulating workshops in art and creativity run by well known Katoomba artist John Ellison.

Music eventsAlturas Tango Sat April 4 4.30-6.30pm

Gallery Hours10am–5pm Thursday to Sunday and public holidays other times welcome by appointment

56A Lovel Street KATOOMBA NSW 2780

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SAbout Michael White...Michael White was born in 1967 and grew up in the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney. A childhood spent close to the bush inspired his initial creative direction. After leaving school he completed an apprenticeship in the electrical trades. He then travelled and worked around Australia, the result of which deepened his interest in the landscape.

He is a self taught artist. His work has developed from impressionist studies of the landscape into more suggestive, sometimes abstracted interpretations of a variety of subjects. Whether painting outdoors or working in the studio, Michael continues to experiment and seek new directions for his art.

Michael's paintings hang in collections throughout Australia as well as the UK, USA, Canada, New Zealand, Germany, Swit-zerland, Holland, Denmark, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia and Dubai.

Michael White Art Gallery• conveniently located in the heart of Leura

(next to the Post Offi ce)

• overseas and interstate freight available

• online printshop

• open daily 10am - 5pm

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ʻTree 200436ʼ 90 x 100cm, property of the artist

ʻMorning Treesʼ 90 x 100cm, property of the artist

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12.13.14.15.16.17.18.19.Front cover - Peppermint Gumall work in oil, dimensions in cmall images © copyright Michael White

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American South West Part 1 - The Major Works Artwork painted on location across five states of America www.m i c h a e l w h i t e a r t . c o m


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Wolgan Valley, oil on linen, 2004, 30cm x 46cm

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Please join us for this special event

Date & TimeSaturday 22nd September 2007. Opens 4pm

VenueMichael White Art Gallery

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Exhibition runs from 22nd September to 31st October 2007

*Part 2 exhibition date to be announced*

Gallery hours: 10.30am–4.30pm daily, closed Tues & Wed

Ghost Mesa, New Mexico oil on linen, 2006-7 36”x36”


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Hinterland Sunset, 2007, 30 x 36cm, oil on linen

Late Sun in the Valley, Liddleton, 2008, 30 x 36cm, oil on linen


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1. Lashgvash 2:422. Magnificent 4:103. Lightpole 4:194. Upon The My O My 3:115. Sometimes I Forget Things 3:566. Lile 2:277. Jim 5:408. It’s Out There Somewhere, Doris 3:159. Dancing Qveen 4:2110. Glagolitica 3:4811. The Fiddle and the Drum 3:3512. Gospodi Pomiluj 6:24

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2. MAGNIFICENT (Stephen Taberner)We are the men who rise each dayWipe little bits of sleep away Stumble over a children’s toyResist temptation to destroyCleanse ourselves by hook or crookEvery cranny and every nookGather the undies on displayA fresh pair, a fresh pair every dayPassing the mirror we scare ourselvesReach for the hardware from the shelfSmiling grimly as we tweezeThe stray hairs that prying eyes might seeAnd we will be magnifi centHomo erectus fi vefoot tengirding our loins for the fi ght again(chorus): doom bap...We are the men who venture forthTo prove our great fi nancial worthIn daily mortal combatWith petty bean counting beaurocratsBut when the restless pencil stops And tired eyelids slowly dropWe dream of endless pristine plainsA trusty steed and a pair of reinsAnd we would be magnifi cent Naked but for horn and spearGlistening with pigfat freshly smeared(chorus)

3. LIGHTPOLE (Ryan Morrison, who also sings the solo)Stand me upI’ll brighten up your nightBetween me and the sunWe’ll keep you alightLonely am IStanding soleMy only true friend isThe other light pole YeahThink what you willI’m just a light poleJust a pole of lightTo brighten up your night YeahStraight and tallShine down from aboveSlender stick of lightAnd metallic piece of loveAs the sun setsMy day beginsGuiding thoseWhose sight is dimThink what you willI’m just a light poleJust a pole of lightTo brighten up your nightThink what you mustI’m just a light postJust a post of lightTo brighten up your nightYeah

No praise do I getFor showing the wayBut many criticiseIf I’m not on todaySo when you look at nightAnd see that pole of lightRemember that without meYou could not seeCould not seeThink what you willI’m just a light poleJust a pole of lightso brightThink what you mustI’m just a light postJust a pole of lightTo brighten up your nightTo brighten up your night Can you brighten up myLife

And when we die they will lay us down Bury us deep in the cold, cold groundBuild us a statue every oneImmaculate in the setting sunAnd we will be magnifi centBurnished gazes obdurateNo pigeon’s work can obfuscateAnd we would be magnifi centIf only we had time to spareThe diary’s full till June next year(chorus)

4. UPON THE MY O MY (Captain Beefheart/Don van Vliet, arranged Taberner)

5. SOMETIMES I FORGET THINGS (Stephen Taberner)Names on a piece of paperIn my own handBut I can’t remember what forFrozen in my own bedroomNo recollectionWhy I came through this doorWhat’s gone leaves no traceIn empty space’Cos sometimes I forget thingsPeople don’t look so differentFrom each otherNow one is talking to meSearching the memory forClues or salvationSmiling ridiculouslySometimes I am a geniusSometimes notAnd sometimes I forget thingsPieces of informationJostle each otherTherefore the edges will frayMemories of excitationsScramble the circuitsCausing the wires to decay

There’s a fl aw in the plansOf my perfect brain ’Cos sometimes I forget thingsSometimes I...Sometimes I for-What!!??Sometimes I...No, I thought I put it in the....Things!!!Nnnnggghhh!!!Sometimes I....Sometimes I forget things....I saw a movie on this very subjectThe story of...?You know The one that featured...She was in... with...?The moral of this sad storyI can’t recall’Cos sometimes I forget…

6. LILE (traditional song from Svaneti, Georgia)‘Hoy, Lile, Hoy, we glorify you, Sun. We glorify sun with golden beams of light. You are full of golden decorations. We glorify you, hoy, Lile, Hoy’

7. JIM (words Hillaire Belloc, music Taberner)There was a boy whose name was JimHis friends were very good to himThey gave him tea, and cakes, and jamAnd slices of delicious hamAnd chocolate with pink insideAnd little tricycles to rideAnd read him stories through and throughAnd even took him to the zooBut there it was the dreadful fateBefell him, which I now relateYou know- or at least you ought to knowFor I have often told you soThat children never are allowedTo leave their nurses in a crowdNow this was Jim’s especial foibleHe ran away when he was ableAnd on this inauspicious dayHe slipped his hand and ran away!He hadn’t gone a yard when-Bang!With open jaws, a lion sprangAnd hungrily began to eatThe boy: beginning at his feetNow just imagine how it feelsWhen fi rst your toes and then your heelsAnd then by gradual degreesYour shins and ankles, calves and knees

Are slowly eaten, bit by bitNo wonder Jim detested it!No wonder that he shouted ‘Hi!’The honest keeper heard his cryThough very fat he almost ranTo help the little gentleman’Ponto!’ he ordered as he came(For Ponto was the lion’s name)’Ponto!’ he cried, with angry frown’Let go, sir! down, sir! put it down!’The lion made a sudden stopHe let the dainty morsel dropAnd slunk reluctant to his cageSnarling with disappointed rageBut when he bent him over JimThe honest keeper’s eyes were dimThe lion having reached his headThe miserable boy was dead!When nurse informed his parents, theyWere more concerned than I can sayHis mother, as she dried her eyesSaid, ‘Well it gives me no surpriseHe would not do as he was told!’His father, who was self-controlledBade all the children round attendTo James’s miserable endAnd always keep a-hold of nurseFor fear of fi nding something worse

11. THE FIDDLE & THE DRUM (Joni Mitchell, arranged A Perfect Circle)

12. GOSPODI POMILUJ (Stephen Taberner)These are the fi rst words of the Glagolitic Mass: ‘Lord, have mercy on us’.

8. IT’S OUT THERE SOMEWHERE, DORIS (Stephen Taberner, the role of Doris’s husband being played by Graeme Archer)The ‘Lithgow panther’ has been the subject of at least 145 sightings to date, and a Government-commissioned big cat expert concluded the following: ‘Diffi cult as it seems to accept, the most likely explanation of the evidence . . . is the presence of a large feline predator’.

9. DANCING QVEEN (Abba, arranged Taberner)

10. GLAGOLITICA (Stephen Taberner)This song is based on fragments of text from the Glagolitic Mass (Leoš Janácek), which is sung in old church Slavonic, a language no longer in use. It was written for the theatre show ‘The Session’, performed by the Ennio Morricone Experience, and was intended to create the impression of an army of 80,000 (or so) Visigoths.

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The 10-AM CommandmentsAdmission for creation of an AV fistulaACS 1438 Chronic kidney disease, kidney replacement therapy provides the following classification advice:

1. Cases of chronic kidney disease with ongoing kidney replacement therapy, whether by dialysis or by transplant, which comply with ACS 0002, require a code from N18.- Chronic kidney disease to describe the current stage of disease, except in routine dialysis only admissions.

2. For routine dialysis only admissions it can be assumed from the assignment of Z49.1 Extracorporeal dialysis or Z49.2 Other dialysis that the patient has CKD – stage 5 (see also ACS 1404 Admission for kidney dialysis).

Does the same apply for patients admitted for creation of an AV fistula? Is a CKD code required, or should CKD only be assigned if it meets the criteria in ACS 0002 Additional diagnoses?When a patient is admitted specifically for creation of an AV fistula assign Z49.0 Preparatory care for dialysis as the principal diagnosis. An additional code for CKD should be assigned if it meets the criteria in ACS 0002 Additional diagnoses.

Alcohol poisoningWhen should the code for acute alcohol intoxication (F10.0) versus poisoning by alcohol (T51.0) be assigned?Clinical advice indicates that alcohol poisoning is a particularly severe form of alcohol intoxication. Typically, alcohol poisoning is characterised by major disturbance of conscious level, inability to rouse the patient and resultant threat to life requiring supportive treatment.

Coders should be guided by the documentation in the clinical record. Where acute alcohol intoxication is documented, assign F10.0 Mental and behavioural disorders due to the use of alcohol, acute intoxication following the index pathway:

Intoxication - alcoholic (acute) (with) F10.0

Where alcohol poisoning is documented, assign T51.0 Toxic effect of alcohol, Ethanol following the index pathway:

Poisoning (acute) (see also Table of drugs and chemicals)

Table of Drugs and Chemicals

Alcohol - beverage T51.0

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See also ACS 0503 Drug, alcohol and tobacco use disorders and ACS 1903 Two or more drugs taken in combination.

Anaemia in neoplastic diseasePlease clarify the following:

a. For a patient admitted with the following additional diagnoses:

Anaemia and melaena ? cause

Patient is transfused with 1 unit of packed red blood cells (Hb 9.2)

Patient is also noted to have prostate cancer, not treated or investigated at this admission and therefore does not meet ACS 0002 Additional diagnoses for code assignment.

Should the anaemia be coded to D63.0 Anaemia in neoplastic disease with additional codes for the neoplasm assigned or should the anaemia alone be coded?

The index pathway for ‘Anaemia, in neoplastic disease’ should not be followed in the scenario cited where the ‘anaemia’ and ‘melaena’ are clearly documented as due to an unknown cause. In this instance code the anaemia alone.

b. The following advice was issued in Coding Matters Vol 6, No 1:

‘Code D63.0* Anaemia in neoplastic disease should be assigned when anaemia occurs in, due to or with a neoplastic condition. The specific code for the neoplasm should be assigned when known, as indicated by the inclusion term:

We are now entering the final stages of preparation for the publication of ICD-10-AM/ACHI/ACS Seventh Edition. The Seventh Edition includes extensive input from interested parties and stakeholders. It also includes changes derived from the foundation classifications: WHO ICD-10 and the Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS). Public submissions for changes to ICD-10-AM/ACHI/ACS are accepted all year round, via the public submissions link on the NCCH website. All classification users, for example: clinical coders, clinicians, epidemiologists and researchers who identify a need for improvement to the classification content (codes in the tabular, changes to the index, or perhaps clarification of a coding standard) are invited to submit their suggestion(s) through the NCCH Public Submission process. Public submissions are prioritised, with regard to the timing of the current updating work. NCCH staff constantly monitor the submissions and assess each proposal as it is received.

The NCCH acknowledges input from members of the Clinical Casemix Committee (CCC), Clinical Classification and Coding Groups (CCCGs) and particularly from the NCCH’s

Coding Standards Advisory Committee (CSAC). The CSAC has representation from Australian state and territory jurisdictions, New Zealand, the Health Information Management Association of Australia (HIMAA), the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW), the Clinical Coders Society of Australia (CCSA), the private sector, CCC, the Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing and the National Health Information Standards and Statistics Committee (NHISSC).

One of the primary aims of the work undertaken for Seventh Edition has been to review individual ACS to align them with the primacy of ACS 0001 Principal diagnosis and ACS 0002 Additional diagnosis. The content of a number of ACS has been incorporated into either ICD-10-AM or ACHI. This work minimises the number of standards required, allowing for ICD-10-AM and ACHI to stand alone where possible in the coding process.

The depth and scope of the scrutiny of changes emanating from both inside and outside the NCCH, should guarantee the relevance of the classification as the Australian Standard for the two years following 1 July 2010.

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Brachytherapy planningIs it acceptable to assign Z51.4 Preparatory care for subsequent treatment as the principal diagnosis when a patient is admitted for brachytherapy planning or should the principal diagnosis be the cancer?

The NCCH advises that coders should assign the condition as the principal diagnosis for brachytherapy planning, as ‘planning’ is considered part of the treatment of the neoplasm. Z51.4 Preparatory care for subsequent treatment, not elsewhere classified is a non-specific code and the data collection is better served by coding the condition with the intervention code specifically describing the reason for admission.

ElectrochemotherapyWhat is the correct code assignment for electrochemotherapy?

Electrochemotherapy is a therapeutic approach which facilitates the delivery of non-permeant drugs directly into the interior of a cell. This is achieved by the local application of short and intense electric impulses that transiently allow permeation of the cell membrane; and transportation of molecules that otherwise would not be permitted by the cell membrane.

Electrochemotherapy is becoming widely used to improve anticancer drug delivery into cells. Applying electric impulses to the area to be treated when the concentration of the drug in the tumour is at its peak has been effective in delivering non-permeant cytotoxic drugs, such as bleomycin, or low-permeant cytotoxic drugs such as, cisplatin, directly into the targeted area. The treatment can be repeated over the course of weeks or months to achieve regression of large lesions.

There is no specific code in ACHI for electrochemotherapy. Assign an appropriate code from block [1920] Administration of pharmacotherapy with an extension of -00 for electrochemotherapy.

Where electrochemotherapy is performed on skin lesions, assign as an additional code either 30195-06 [1612] Electrotherapy of lesion of skin, single lesion or 30195-07 [1612] Electrotherapy of lesion of skin, multiple lesions, as appropriate.

Excision of hydrocele of the canal of NuckWhat is the correct code to assign for an excision of the canal of Nuck in an elderly woman?

Hydrocele of the canal of Nuck is a rare condition in females. The canal of Nuck is the portion of the processus vaginalis within the inguinal canal, which normally undergoes obliteration during the first year of life. If obliteration fails in the distal portion of the canal, it may become distended with fluid, and results in a hydrocele of the canal of Nuck.

The correct code to assign for a laparoscopic excision of hydrocele of canal of Nuck is 35637-10 [1299] Laparoscopic excision of lesion of pelvic cavity following the index pathway:

Excision - lesion(s) - - pelvis - - - cavity, female (laparoscopic) (pelvic peritoneum) 35637-10 [1299]

For excision of hydrocele of canal of Nuck via laparotomy assign 35713-14 [1299] Excision of lesion of pelvic cavity following the index pathway:

Excision - lesion(s) - - pelvis - - - cavity, female (laparoscopic) (pelvic peritoneum) 35637-10 [1299] - - - - via laparotomy 35713-14 [1299]

External cause code for adult walker with wheelsWhat is the correct external cause code for a fall on the same level while pushing an adult walker with wheels?

ACS 2009 Mode of pedestrian conveyance states:

“A pedestrian conveyance can be defined as ‘something that serves as a means of transportation’ and includes scooters, rollerskates, wheelchairs, skateboards, etc.”

An adult walker with wheels does not meet the above definition of a pedestrian conveyance. That is, it is not used as a means of transportation but rather as an aid to walking.

Therefore, the correct external cause code for a fall, on the same level, while pushing an adult walker with wheels, is either W18.8 Other specified fall on same level or the appropriate code from category W01 Fall on same level from slipping, tripping and stumbling, depending on the circumstances of the fall.

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