CAISS PRACTICE TEST 2026 TESTED
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
◉ Are complications coded as injuries?
Answer: NO
◉ Are sequela or outcomes coded as injuries?
Answer: NO
◉ Are injury etiologies (causes) related to AIS injury scores?
Answer: NO
◉ Can injuries be assumed based on a particular outcome
occurrence?
Answer: NO
◉ If an AIS code of 6 is assigned, is it acceptable to stop coding
subsequent injuries?
Answer: NO
◉ Is death automatically coded as an AIS 6?
Answer: NO
,◉ Can an AIS of 1 result in death?
Answer: YES (rare)
◉ Are cord lesions and vertebral fxs coded separately?
Answer: NO
◉ What is important to look for when coding blunt trauma?
Answer: associated/underlying injuries
◉ Penetrating injuries that do not injure underlying structures
should be coded in what ISS body region?
Answer: External
◉ Injuries that result from energy dissipated from a penetrating
wound are called direct or indirect?
Answer: indirect
◉ With penetrating injuries to internal structures, is the overlying
skin injury coded separately?
Answer: NO
,◉ Bullet wounds/penetrating injuries resulting in fx are coded as
open or closed fractures?
Answer: OPEN
◉ When detailed information regarding an injury is lacking, what
descriptor is often used?
Answer: NFS
◉ NFS can refer to what two components of a code?
Answer: 1) injury unspecified
2) severity unspecified
◉ Should patients with AIS code 9 injuries be included in research
studies?
Answer: NO
◉ An articular fracture involves what structure?
Answer: JOINT
◉ A fracture with three or more fragments with proximal and distal
fragments not touching is defined as what?
Answer: complex
, ◉ When two ends of a bone are not aligned the fracture is called
what?
Answer: displaced
◉ When multiple bone fragments are present a fracture is called
what?
Answer: comminuted
◉ Sprains occur to joints or muscles?
Answer: joints
◉ Strains occur to joints or muscles?
Answer: muscles
◉ Massive destruction of a body part with damage to underlying
skeletal, tissue, organ, and vascular systems is known as what type
of injury?
Answer: crush
◉ (T/F) A vessel puncture or perforation is also known as a
laceration.
Answer: TRUE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
◉ Are complications coded as injuries?
Answer: NO
◉ Are sequela or outcomes coded as injuries?
Answer: NO
◉ Are injury etiologies (causes) related to AIS injury scores?
Answer: NO
◉ Can injuries be assumed based on a particular outcome
occurrence?
Answer: NO
◉ If an AIS code of 6 is assigned, is it acceptable to stop coding
subsequent injuries?
Answer: NO
◉ Is death automatically coded as an AIS 6?
Answer: NO
,◉ Can an AIS of 1 result in death?
Answer: YES (rare)
◉ Are cord lesions and vertebral fxs coded separately?
Answer: NO
◉ What is important to look for when coding blunt trauma?
Answer: associated/underlying injuries
◉ Penetrating injuries that do not injure underlying structures
should be coded in what ISS body region?
Answer: External
◉ Injuries that result from energy dissipated from a penetrating
wound are called direct or indirect?
Answer: indirect
◉ With penetrating injuries to internal structures, is the overlying
skin injury coded separately?
Answer: NO
,◉ Bullet wounds/penetrating injuries resulting in fx are coded as
open or closed fractures?
Answer: OPEN
◉ When detailed information regarding an injury is lacking, what
descriptor is often used?
Answer: NFS
◉ NFS can refer to what two components of a code?
Answer: 1) injury unspecified
2) severity unspecified
◉ Should patients with AIS code 9 injuries be included in research
studies?
Answer: NO
◉ An articular fracture involves what structure?
Answer: JOINT
◉ A fracture with three or more fragments with proximal and distal
fragments not touching is defined as what?
Answer: complex
, ◉ When two ends of a bone are not aligned the fracture is called
what?
Answer: displaced
◉ When multiple bone fragments are present a fracture is called
what?
Answer: comminuted
◉ Sprains occur to joints or muscles?
Answer: joints
◉ Strains occur to joints or muscles?
Answer: muscles
◉ Massive destruction of a body part with damage to underlying
skeletal, tissue, organ, and vascular systems is known as what type
of injury?
Answer: crush
◉ (T/F) A vessel puncture or perforation is also known as a
laceration.
Answer: TRUE
