AIS CODING CERTIFICATION EVALUATION
SCRIPT 2026 FULL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+
⩥ Are burns coded separately from burn amputations they cause?
Answer: NO
⩥ If an electrical injury causes a "flash" burn, should the burn injury be
coded separately? Answer: NO
⩥ Frostbite is assigned to which ISS body region? Answer: external
⩥ Asphyxia/suffocation is assigned to which ISS body region? Answer:
Head
⩥ Caustic agent inhalation injuries are assigned to which ISS body
region? Answer: Chest
⩥ Caustic agent ingestion injuries are coded to which ISS body region?
Answer: specific organ injured
⩥ Drowning is assigned to which ISS body region? Answer: Chest
,⩥ Hypothermia is coded to which ISS body region? Answer: External
⩥ Whole body blast injuries are assigned an AIS code of _______ and
are coded to which ISS body region? Answer: 6;External
⩥ List the five (5) body parts coded in the AIS face body region.
Answer: 1) eyes
2) ears
3) nose
4) mouth
5) facial bones
⩥ What is the only vessel included in the Face AIS body region?
Answer: external carotid (and its branches, facial/internal maxillary)
⩥ What is the only nerve included in the Face AIS body region? Answer:
optic (intraorbital)
⩥ A compound fracture is considered open or closed? Answer: open
⩥ A simple fracture is considered open or closed? Answer: closed
, ⩥ The face is divided into how many sections for coding purposes?
Answer: three
⩥ A transverse horizontal maxillary alveolar fracture, or palate facial
disjunction (Guerin) is known as what type of LeFort Fx? Answer:
LeFort I
⩥ A pyramidal facial disjunction is known as what type of LeFort Fx?
Answer: LeFort II
⩥ A craniofacial disjunction is known as what type of LeFort Fx?
Answer: LeFort III
⩥ (T/F) The size and associated severity of soft tissue injuries is the
same across all body regions. Answer: FALSE (face > 10cm, other >
20cm)
⩥ Are bilateral injures to the eyes and ears usually coded combined or
separately? Answer: separate
⩥ Traumatic enucleation of the eye is coded as what type of external
injury? Answer: avulsion
⩥ Bilateral maxilla or mandible fractures are coded separately or
combined? Answer: combined
SCRIPT 2026 FULL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+
⩥ Are burns coded separately from burn amputations they cause?
Answer: NO
⩥ If an electrical injury causes a "flash" burn, should the burn injury be
coded separately? Answer: NO
⩥ Frostbite is assigned to which ISS body region? Answer: external
⩥ Asphyxia/suffocation is assigned to which ISS body region? Answer:
Head
⩥ Caustic agent inhalation injuries are assigned to which ISS body
region? Answer: Chest
⩥ Caustic agent ingestion injuries are coded to which ISS body region?
Answer: specific organ injured
⩥ Drowning is assigned to which ISS body region? Answer: Chest
,⩥ Hypothermia is coded to which ISS body region? Answer: External
⩥ Whole body blast injuries are assigned an AIS code of _______ and
are coded to which ISS body region? Answer: 6;External
⩥ List the five (5) body parts coded in the AIS face body region.
Answer: 1) eyes
2) ears
3) nose
4) mouth
5) facial bones
⩥ What is the only vessel included in the Face AIS body region?
Answer: external carotid (and its branches, facial/internal maxillary)
⩥ What is the only nerve included in the Face AIS body region? Answer:
optic (intraorbital)
⩥ A compound fracture is considered open or closed? Answer: open
⩥ A simple fracture is considered open or closed? Answer: closed
, ⩥ The face is divided into how many sections for coding purposes?
Answer: three
⩥ A transverse horizontal maxillary alveolar fracture, or palate facial
disjunction (Guerin) is known as what type of LeFort Fx? Answer:
LeFort I
⩥ A pyramidal facial disjunction is known as what type of LeFort Fx?
Answer: LeFort II
⩥ A craniofacial disjunction is known as what type of LeFort Fx?
Answer: LeFort III
⩥ (T/F) The size and associated severity of soft tissue injuries is the
same across all body regions. Answer: FALSE (face > 10cm, other >
20cm)
⩥ Are bilateral injures to the eyes and ears usually coded combined or
separately? Answer: separate
⩥ Traumatic enucleation of the eye is coded as what type of external
injury? Answer: avulsion
⩥ Bilateral maxilla or mandible fractures are coded separately or
combined? Answer: combined
