CAISS EXAM 2::404 QUESTIONS WITH 100 %
VERIFIED ANSWERS 2024-2025
Boxed and bolded text - ANSWER Represent AIS coding standards and
conventions, as well as guidelines for using certain descriptions correctly.
Brackets - ANSWER indicates inclusive or exclusive information.
Parentheses - ANSWER Include synonyms or non-clinical terminology, as well as
a definition for the injury description.
Semicolons - ANSWER Separate injury descriptors with comparable severity.
ANSWER identifies an anatomical structure.
Italics - ANSWER are used to indicate properly identified anatomical structures or
injuries, as well as OIS grades.
AIS 1 - ANSWER Minor
AIS.2 - Answer: Moderate
AIS.3 - Serious.
AIS.4 - Severe.
AIS.5 - Answer Critical
AIS.6 - Maximum
,Range of AIS severity codes: ANSWER 1–6
Is "DEATH" on the AIS severity scale? - Answer No.
Is there a linear relationship between AIS severity codes? - Answer No.
(T/F) Injuries within the same code may not be fully compatible. - ANSWER T
AIS 9.9 - Unknown
(T/F) The AIS single-digit severity value represents the relative severity of injury
in a "average person" who receives only the coded injury. - ANSWER T
The average patient is an adult between the ages of 25 and 40.
Free of pre-existing conditions.
Free of treatment problems.
Receive timely, adequate care for the injuries.
Pre-dot Code - Answer: 6 digits to the left of the decimal point.
AIS Severity Number - Answer: A single digit to the right of the decimal point.
Body Region - What does the first number in the pre-dot code stand for?
What does the second number in the pre-dot code stand for?
,Specific Anatomic Structure - What do the third and fourth numbers in the pre-dot
code stand for?
The fifth and sixth numbers in the pre-dot code represent the level of harm within
the specific body region and anatomic structure, respectively.
(T/F) AIS analyzes the severity of individual injuries. - ANSWER T
(T/F) The ISS is calculated by summing the squares of the greatest AIS in each of
the three most severely wounded ISS body areas. - ANSWER T
What is the total number of ISS body regions? - ANSWER 6.
ISS Body Regions - Answer: Head and Neck
Face
Chest
Abdominal and pelvic contents
Extremities and Pelvic Girdle
External
Head and neck injuries include those to the brain, skull, cervical spine, or neck
organs.
(T/F) Is Asphyxia designated to the ISS Head Region? - ANSWER T
ANSWER: Injury to the lips, ears, eyes, nose, and facial bones.
, Chest - ANSWER: Injury to abdominal and pelvic contents, including all internal
organ lesions in the corresponding cavities, as well as injuries to the diaphragm, rib
cage, and thoracic spine.
(T/F) Is drowning attributed to the chest region? - ANSWER T
(T/F) The ISS is calculated by summing the squares of the greatest AIS in each of
the five most severely wounded ISS body parts. - The answer is F.
(True/False) There are nine ISS bodily regions. - The answer is F.
(T/F) Is Asphyxia designated to the ISS Chest region? - The answer is F.
(T/F) Is drowning designated to the Head & Neck region? - ANSWER F
ANSWER: Injury to lumbar spine lesions in the abdomen and pelvis.
External injuries, such as lacerations, contusions, abrasions, hypothermia, electrical
injury, whole body injury, and burns, are assigned to which region?
1-75 - ANSWER The ISS score varies between what?
(T/F) An ISS of 75 can be calculated in two ways: one AIS.5 injury in each of the
three body areas, or a single AIS.6 injury. - ANSWER T
Should patients with an AIS.9 code participate in research studies? - Answer No.
VERIFIED ANSWERS 2024-2025
Boxed and bolded text - ANSWER Represent AIS coding standards and
conventions, as well as guidelines for using certain descriptions correctly.
Brackets - ANSWER indicates inclusive or exclusive information.
Parentheses - ANSWER Include synonyms or non-clinical terminology, as well as
a definition for the injury description.
Semicolons - ANSWER Separate injury descriptors with comparable severity.
ANSWER identifies an anatomical structure.
Italics - ANSWER are used to indicate properly identified anatomical structures or
injuries, as well as OIS grades.
AIS 1 - ANSWER Minor
AIS.2 - Answer: Moderate
AIS.3 - Serious.
AIS.4 - Severe.
AIS.5 - Answer Critical
AIS.6 - Maximum
,Range of AIS severity codes: ANSWER 1–6
Is "DEATH" on the AIS severity scale? - Answer No.
Is there a linear relationship between AIS severity codes? - Answer No.
(T/F) Injuries within the same code may not be fully compatible. - ANSWER T
AIS 9.9 - Unknown
(T/F) The AIS single-digit severity value represents the relative severity of injury
in a "average person" who receives only the coded injury. - ANSWER T
The average patient is an adult between the ages of 25 and 40.
Free of pre-existing conditions.
Free of treatment problems.
Receive timely, adequate care for the injuries.
Pre-dot Code - Answer: 6 digits to the left of the decimal point.
AIS Severity Number - Answer: A single digit to the right of the decimal point.
Body Region - What does the first number in the pre-dot code stand for?
What does the second number in the pre-dot code stand for?
,Specific Anatomic Structure - What do the third and fourth numbers in the pre-dot
code stand for?
The fifth and sixth numbers in the pre-dot code represent the level of harm within
the specific body region and anatomic structure, respectively.
(T/F) AIS analyzes the severity of individual injuries. - ANSWER T
(T/F) The ISS is calculated by summing the squares of the greatest AIS in each of
the three most severely wounded ISS body areas. - ANSWER T
What is the total number of ISS body regions? - ANSWER 6.
ISS Body Regions - Answer: Head and Neck
Face
Chest
Abdominal and pelvic contents
Extremities and Pelvic Girdle
External
Head and neck injuries include those to the brain, skull, cervical spine, or neck
organs.
(T/F) Is Asphyxia designated to the ISS Head Region? - ANSWER T
ANSWER: Injury to the lips, ears, eyes, nose, and facial bones.
, Chest - ANSWER: Injury to abdominal and pelvic contents, including all internal
organ lesions in the corresponding cavities, as well as injuries to the diaphragm, rib
cage, and thoracic spine.
(T/F) Is drowning attributed to the chest region? - ANSWER T
(T/F) The ISS is calculated by summing the squares of the greatest AIS in each of
the five most severely wounded ISS body parts. - The answer is F.
(True/False) There are nine ISS bodily regions. - The answer is F.
(T/F) Is Asphyxia designated to the ISS Chest region? - The answer is F.
(T/F) Is drowning designated to the Head & Neck region? - ANSWER F
ANSWER: Injury to lumbar spine lesions in the abdomen and pelvis.
External injuries, such as lacerations, contusions, abrasions, hypothermia, electrical
injury, whole body injury, and burns, are assigned to which region?
1-75 - ANSWER The ISS score varies between what?
(T/F) An ISS of 75 can be calculated in two ways: one AIS.5 injury in each of the
three body areas, or a single AIS.6 injury. - ANSWER T
Should patients with an AIS.9 code participate in research studies? - Answer No.
