CAISS EXAM QUESTIONS WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS L LATEST VERSION 2025/2026

CAISS EXAM QUESTIONS WITH 100%
CORRECT ANSWERS L LATEST
VERSION 2025/2026.




Boxed & Bold Text - ANS Represent AIS coding rules and conventions and contain directives to
assist in the appropriate use of specific descriptions.



Brackets - ANS Denote inclusive or exclusive information.



Parentheseses - ANS Include synonyms or occasionally, non-clinical terms and provide a
definition for the injury description.



Semicolons - ANS Separate injury descriptors that are comparable in severity.



Bold Type - ANS Identifies an anatomical structure



Italics - ANS Are used for proper-named anatomical structures or injuries, and for OIS grades.



AIS .1 - ANS Minor



AIS .2 - ANS Moderate

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,AIS .3 - ANS Serious



AIS .4 - ANS Severe



AIS .5 - ANS Critical



AIS .6 - ANS Maximum



Range of AIS severity codes - ANS 1-6



Is "DEATH" part of the AIS severity scale? - ANS No



Does a linear relationship exist between AIS severity codes? - ANS No



(T/F) Injuries within the same code may not be strictly compatible. - ANS T



AIS .9 - ANS Unknown



(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. - ANS T



Average Patient - ANS Adult 25-40 years of age

Free of pre-existing conditions

Free of treatment complications


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,Receiving timely, appropriate care for the injury



Pre-dot Code - ANS 6 digits to the left of decimal point



AIS Severity Number - ANS A single digit to the right of the decimal point.



Body Region - ANS The first number in the pre-dot code stands for?



Type of Anatomic Structure - ANS The second number in the pre-dot code stands for?



Specific Anatomic Structure - ANS The third & fourth numbers in the pre-dot code stands for?



Level of injury within the specific body region and anatomic structure - ANS The fifth & sixth
numbers in the pre-dot code stands for?



(T/F) AIS assesses the severity of single injuries. - ANS T



(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. - ANS T



There are how many ISS body regions? - ANS 6



ISS Body Regions - ANS Head & Neck

Face

Chest

Abdominal & Pelvic Contents

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, Extremities & Pelvic Girdle

External



Head & Neck - ANS Include injury to the brain, skull, cervical spine or neck organs.



(T/F) Asphyxia is assigned to the ISS Head region? - ANS T



Face - ANS Include injury to mouth, ears, eyes, nose and facial bones.



Chest - ANS Include injury to abdominal and pelvic contents, including all lesions to internal
organs in the respective cavities and injuries to diaphragm, rib cage and thoracic spine.



(T/F) Drowning is assigned to the Chest region? - ANS T



(T/F) The ISS is the sum of the squares of the highest AIS in each of the (5) most severity injured
ISS body regions. - ANS F



(T/F) There are 9 ISS body regions? - ANS F



(T/F) Asphyxia is assigned to the ISS Chest region? - ANS F



(T/F) Drowning is assigned to the Head & Neck region? - ANS f



Abdomen and Pelvic Area - ANS Include injury to Lumber spine lesions.




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