CAISS – FACE EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
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The AIS Face chapter is made up of what? - ANS Eyes, ears, nose, mouth and facial bones
What does AIS define as part of the Face? - ANS Skin(front & side of head), Facial bones,
Orbits of eyes, Vessels, Nerves
What are the 5 fracture types in the face? - ANS Closed/Simple, Open/Compound,
Comminuted, Non-Displaced, Displaced
What is included in the upper third of face? - ANS Supraorbital ridge and above
What is included in the lower third of face? - ANS Mandible/Teeth, Alveolar process,
symphysis/parasymphysis, Corpus/Body, Angle, Ramus, Condyle, Coronoid process
What makes up the middle face? - ANS Nasal bones & septum, Maxillary Sinus, Orbital
bones, Zygoma, Zygomatic Arch, Maxilla, Alveolar process, Maxillary teeth
How is a traumatic enucleation coded? - ANS Eye avulsion
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, T/F: Nose fractures are included in all LeFort fractures - ANS False. LeFort I does not include a
nasal bone fracture. Nasal bone fracture can be coded additionally.
Which bilateral injuries in the face should be coded separately? - ANS Eyes and Ears
Which bilateral injuries in the face should be coded as a single injury? - ANS Maxilla and
Mandible. Code to the largest mass area of the bone.
How many injuries would you code? Fracture to the Alveolar ridge along with 2 teeth -
ANS One. Coded as a single injury.
Complete separation of the facial bone from the cranial attachments would be what type of
injury? - ANS LeFort III
How is a minimally displaced facial fracture coded? - ANS Nondisplaced
This type of facial fracture is a high velocity injury with fragment pieces involving the middle &
lower, upper and middle or all three. - ANS Panfacial. Often resembles a jigsaw puzzle.
Fracture line through the nasal bone, lacrimal, orbital floor, infra orbital margin, upper
zygomaticmaxillary suture line, maxillary sinus, pterygoid and maxilla. - ANS LeFort II
To qualify as a LeFort Fracture where must you have a fracture line? - ANS Through the
Pterygoid plate
What is a Malar Complex Fracture? - ANS Fracture of the Zygoma / Cheekbone
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100% CORRECT ANSWERS L LATEST
VERSION 2025/2026.
The AIS Face chapter is made up of what? - ANS Eyes, ears, nose, mouth and facial bones
What does AIS define as part of the Face? - ANS Skin(front & side of head), Facial bones,
Orbits of eyes, Vessels, Nerves
What are the 5 fracture types in the face? - ANS Closed/Simple, Open/Compound,
Comminuted, Non-Displaced, Displaced
What is included in the upper third of face? - ANS Supraorbital ridge and above
What is included in the lower third of face? - ANS Mandible/Teeth, Alveolar process,
symphysis/parasymphysis, Corpus/Body, Angle, Ramus, Condyle, Coronoid process
What makes up the middle face? - ANS Nasal bones & septum, Maxillary Sinus, Orbital
bones, Zygoma, Zygomatic Arch, Maxilla, Alveolar process, Maxillary teeth
How is a traumatic enucleation coded? - ANS Eye avulsion
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, T/F: Nose fractures are included in all LeFort fractures - ANS False. LeFort I does not include a
nasal bone fracture. Nasal bone fracture can be coded additionally.
Which bilateral injuries in the face should be coded separately? - ANS Eyes and Ears
Which bilateral injuries in the face should be coded as a single injury? - ANS Maxilla and
Mandible. Code to the largest mass area of the bone.
How many injuries would you code? Fracture to the Alveolar ridge along with 2 teeth -
ANS One. Coded as a single injury.
Complete separation of the facial bone from the cranial attachments would be what type of
injury? - ANS LeFort III
How is a minimally displaced facial fracture coded? - ANS Nondisplaced
This type of facial fracture is a high velocity injury with fragment pieces involving the middle &
lower, upper and middle or all three. - ANS Panfacial. Often resembles a jigsaw puzzle.
Fracture line through the nasal bone, lacrimal, orbital floor, infra orbital margin, upper
zygomaticmaxillary suture line, maxillary sinus, pterygoid and maxilla. - ANS LeFort II
To qualify as a LeFort Fracture where must you have a fracture line? - ANS Through the
Pterygoid plate
What is a Malar Complex Fracture? - ANS Fracture of the Zygoma / Cheekbone
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