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1. Boxed & Bold Text
Answer: Represent AIS coding rules and conventions and contain directives to assist in the appropriate use of specific
descriptions.
2. Brackets
Answer: Denote inclusive or exclusive information.
3. Parentheseses
Answer: Include synonyms or occasionally, non-clinical terms and provide a definition for the injury description.
4. Semicolons
Answer: Separate injury descriptors that are comparable in severity.
5. Bold Type
Answer: Identifies an anatomical structure
6. Italics
Answer: Are used for proper-named anatomical structures or injuries, and for OIS grades.
,7. AIS .1
Answer: Minor
8. AIS .2
Answer: Moderate
9. AIS .3
Answer: Serious
10. AIS .4
Answer: Severe
11. AIS .5
Answer: Critical
12. AIS .6
Answer: Maximum
13. Range of AIS severity codes
Answer: 1-6
14. Is "DEATH" part of the AIS severity scale?
Answer: No
15. Does a linear relationship exist between AIS severity codes?
, Answer: No
16. (T/F) Injuries within the same code may not be strictly compatible.
Answer: T
17. AIS .9
Answer: Unknown
18. (T/F) The AIS single digit severity number indicates the relative severity of injury in
an "average person" who sustains the coded injury as his only injury.
Answer: T
19. Average Patient
Answer: Adult 25-40 years of age Free of pre-existing
conditions
Free of treatment complications
Receiving timely, appropriate care for the injury
20. Pre-dot Code
Answer: 6 digits to the left of decimal point
21. AIS Severity Number
Answer: A single digit to the right of the decimal point.
22. Body Region
, Answer: The first number in the pre-dot code stands for?
23. Type of Anatomic Structure
Answer: The second number in the pre-dot code stands for?
24. Specific Anatomic Structure
Answer: The third & fourth numbers in the pre-dot code stands for?
25. Level of injury within the specific body region and anatomic structure
Answer: The fifth & sixth numbers in the pre-dot code stands for?
26. (T/F) AIS assesses the severity of single injuries.
Answer: T
27. (T/F) The ISS is the sum of the squares of the highest AIS in each of the (3) most
severity injured ISS body regions.
Answer: T
28. There are how many ISS body regions?
Answer: 6
29. ISS Body Regions
Answer: Head & Neck Face
Chest