CAISS 2 Exam Questions and
Complete Solutions Graded A+
3 portions of the temporal bone - Answer: squamous (vault)
mastoid (base)
petrous (base)
The lamina papyracea is part of the _______________. - Answer: medial wall of the orbit
The iris, choroid, and ciliary body belong to the ____________. - Answer: Uvea (part of the eye)
The salivary gland includes what 3 additional glands? - Answer: parotid
submandibular
sublingual
If vessel injury is described only as "dissection" and there is no disruption, code to _______________. -
Answer: intimal tear, no disruption
"Scattered" lung contusions or lacerations should be coded as _____________. - Answer: unilateral or
bilateral NFS
Cecum injuries are included with __________ codes. - Answer: colon
Acromion fractures are coded as _____________. - Answer: scapula fracture NFS
Malgaigne's fracture is what type of injury? - Answer: pelvic, vertical shear (complete disruption of
pelvic ring)
For hypothermia, do you round up? or down? when coding - Answer: neither, code to whole number
only
,Is Asphyxia a codable sequela? - Answer: Yes
"blood along tentorium" codes to __________. - Answer: cerebrum
Code soft palate perforation as ____________. - Answer: laceration
Code hard palate perforation as ____________. - Answer: fracture
If palate is not specified as soft or hard, code as _____________. - Answer: fracture
If carotid artery injury is not specified, what artery should it be coded to? - Answer: common carotid
If jugular vein injury is not specified, what vein should it be coded to? - Answer: internal jugular
What joint is rotator cuff injury assigned to? - Answer: glenohumeral joint (shoulder)
T/F hanging/drowning deaths with medical examiner's diagnosis counts as "cardiac arrest documented
by medical personnel" - Answer: True
Pseudoaneurysm is coded as _____________. - Answer: minor artery laceration
What type of injury is a Morel Lavallee Lesion? - Answer: degloving of an extremity or internal shearing
Pterygoid plates are part of the ____________ bone and coded to the ______________ if injured in
isolation. - Answer: sphenoid,
skull base
T/F If pterygoid plates are part of a Lefort fracture, they are not coded additionally as a skull base
fracture. - Answer: True
, T/F A spinal cord injury (compression, epidural, or subdural) with associated fracture but NO deficit is
coded as cord injury OR fracture, not both. - Answer: TRUE
What anatomical spine structure is pars interarticularis coded to? - Answer: pedicle
Persistent air leak (442203.4) in the thorax lasts for more than ______ hours, and is more severe than
simple pneumothorax. - Answer: 48
Intracardiac septum may also be identified as ____________. - Answer: intraventricular septum
Abdominal serosal tear is coded as a ________________. - Answer: partial thickness injury
"Hip fracture" with no other description is coded as ___________. - Answer: proximal femur fracture
(853111.3)
"slipped epiphysis" in children is coded as __________. - Answer: femur neck fracture (853161.3)
When can you use the Caustic injury NFS (040099.9) - Answer: only when specific location is not known
What is retrobulbar hemorrhage coded as? - Answer: eye, NFS (240499.1)
What is nose amputation coded as? - Answer: skin avulsion
T/F mandible fractures documented as "minimally displaced" are coded as non-displaced. - Answer: True
- displacement must be significant
Soft tissue injuries to the thorax or abdomen described as "degloving" should be coded as
_____________. - Answer: avulsion
Complete Solutions Graded A+
3 portions of the temporal bone - Answer: squamous (vault)
mastoid (base)
petrous (base)
The lamina papyracea is part of the _______________. - Answer: medial wall of the orbit
The iris, choroid, and ciliary body belong to the ____________. - Answer: Uvea (part of the eye)
The salivary gland includes what 3 additional glands? - Answer: parotid
submandibular
sublingual
If vessel injury is described only as "dissection" and there is no disruption, code to _______________. -
Answer: intimal tear, no disruption
"Scattered" lung contusions or lacerations should be coded as _____________. - Answer: unilateral or
bilateral NFS
Cecum injuries are included with __________ codes. - Answer: colon
Acromion fractures are coded as _____________. - Answer: scapula fracture NFS
Malgaigne's fracture is what type of injury? - Answer: pelvic, vertical shear (complete disruption of
pelvic ring)
For hypothermia, do you round up? or down? when coding - Answer: neither, code to whole number
only
,Is Asphyxia a codable sequela? - Answer: Yes
"blood along tentorium" codes to __________. - Answer: cerebrum
Code soft palate perforation as ____________. - Answer: laceration
Code hard palate perforation as ____________. - Answer: fracture
If palate is not specified as soft or hard, code as _____________. - Answer: fracture
If carotid artery injury is not specified, what artery should it be coded to? - Answer: common carotid
If jugular vein injury is not specified, what vein should it be coded to? - Answer: internal jugular
What joint is rotator cuff injury assigned to? - Answer: glenohumeral joint (shoulder)
T/F hanging/drowning deaths with medical examiner's diagnosis counts as "cardiac arrest documented
by medical personnel" - Answer: True
Pseudoaneurysm is coded as _____________. - Answer: minor artery laceration
What type of injury is a Morel Lavallee Lesion? - Answer: degloving of an extremity or internal shearing
Pterygoid plates are part of the ____________ bone and coded to the ______________ if injured in
isolation. - Answer: sphenoid,
skull base
T/F If pterygoid plates are part of a Lefort fracture, they are not coded additionally as a skull base
fracture. - Answer: True
, T/F A spinal cord injury (compression, epidural, or subdural) with associated fracture but NO deficit is
coded as cord injury OR fracture, not both. - Answer: TRUE
What anatomical spine structure is pars interarticularis coded to? - Answer: pedicle
Persistent air leak (442203.4) in the thorax lasts for more than ______ hours, and is more severe than
simple pneumothorax. - Answer: 48
Intracardiac septum may also be identified as ____________. - Answer: intraventricular septum
Abdominal serosal tear is coded as a ________________. - Answer: partial thickness injury
"Hip fracture" with no other description is coded as ___________. - Answer: proximal femur fracture
(853111.3)
"slipped epiphysis" in children is coded as __________. - Answer: femur neck fracture (853161.3)
When can you use the Caustic injury NFS (040099.9) - Answer: only when specific location is not known
What is retrobulbar hemorrhage coded as? - Answer: eye, NFS (240499.1)
What is nose amputation coded as? - Answer: skin avulsion
T/F mandible fractures documented as "minimally displaced" are coded as non-displaced. - Answer: True
- displacement must be significant
Soft tissue injuries to the thorax or abdomen described as "degloving" should be coded as
_____________. - Answer: avulsion
