AIS Coding Latest Update with Verified Solutions

AIS Coding Latest Update with Verified Solutions Intracranial vessels Anterior Cerebral artery Basilar artery Internal Carotid artery Middle Cerebral artery Posterior Cerebral artery Vertebral artery When DON'T you code intracranial vessel injuries or nerve injuries? Crush type injuries and major penetrating injuries to the skull, brainstem, cerebrum, or cerebellum that include all accompanying brain injuries Thrombosis of a vessel is when? The vessel is occluded has an intimal tear or dissection The internal carotid artery is NOT coded separately from what sinus? Carotid-cavernous fistula (this takes blood to and from the brain using ICA) Another name for Superior Longitudinal sinus Saggital sinus Major Intracranial veins include? Galen, Labbe, Trolard, Rosenthal, or internal cerebral Total loss of nerve function or paralysis codes to? Laceration Partial loss of nerve function or paresis codes to? Contusion What are the 12 cranial nerves? Olfactory Optic Oculomotor Trochlear Trigeminal Abducens Facial Vestibulocochlear Glossopharyngeal Vagus Spinal accessory Hpoglossal Brain injuries are coded at? 24 hours What is need to code DAI? Immediate/Prolonged coma Diagnosis by physician Radiological evidence What is the difference between brain swelling and brain edema Brain swelling is a generic description for a swollen brain. Brain edema has hypodensities on CT scans, obliteration of ventricles, or narrowing of basal cisterns. What are the 4 lobes of the Cerebrum? Frontal, Parietal, Occipital, and Temporal Basal ganglia, thalamus, putamen, and globus pallidius all code to what part of the brain? Cerebrum NFS What is the difference between and "extra axial" and " Hematomas within the skull but outside the brain tissue. Codes to Hematoma NFS