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CAISS EXAM CERTIFICATION EXAM 2 LATEST VERSIONS/
ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES
Represent AIS coding rules and conventions and contain directives to assist
in the appropriate use of specific descriptions.
Ans: Boxed & Bold Text
Denote inclusive or exclusive information.
Ans: Brackets
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Include synonyms or occasionally, non-clinical terms and provide a
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definition for the injury description.
Ans: Parentheseses
Separate injury descriptors that are comparable in severity.
Ans: Semicolons
Identifies an anatomical structure
Ans: Bold Type
Are used for proper-named anatomical structures or injuries, and for OIS
grades.
Ans: Italics
Minor
Ans: AIS .1
Moderate
Ans: AIS .2
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Serious
Ans: AIS .3
Severe
Ans: AIS .4
Critical
Ans: AIS .5
Maximum
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Ans: AIS .6
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Ans: Range of AIS severity codes
No
Ans: Is "DEATH" part of the AIS severity scale?
No
Ans: Does a linear relationship exist between AIS severity codes?
T
Ans: (T/F) Injuries within the same code may not be strictly compatible.
Unknown
Ans: AIS .9
T
Ans: (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.
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Adult 25-40 years of age
Free of pre-existing conditions
Free of treatment complications
Receiving timely, appropriate care for the injury
Ans: Average Patient
6 digits to the left of decimal point
Ans: Pre-dot Code
A single digit to the right of the decimal point.
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Ans: AIS Severity Number
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The first number in the pre-dot code stands for?
Ans: Body Region
The second number in the pre-dot code stands for?
Ans: Type of Anatomic Structure
The third & fourth numbers in the pre-dot code stands for?
Ans: Specific Anatomic Structure
The fifth & sixth numbers in the pre-dot code stands for?
Ans: Level of injury within the specific body region and anatomic structure
T
Ans: (T/F) AIS assesses the severity of single injuries.
T
Ans: (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.
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Ans: There are how many ISS body regions?
Head & Neck
Face
Chest
Abdominal & Pelvic Contents
Extremities & Pelvic Girdle
External
Ans: ISS Body Regions
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Include injury to the brain, skull, cervical spine or neck organs.
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Ans: Head & Neck
T
Ans: (T/F) Asphyxia is assigned to the ISS Head region?
Include injury to mouth, ears, eyes, nose and facial bones.
Ans: Face
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.
Ans: Chest
T
Ans: (T/F) Drowning is assigned to the Chest region?
F
Ans: (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.
CAISS EXAM CERTIFICATION EXAM 2 LATEST VERSIONS/
ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES
Represent AIS coding rules and conventions and contain directives to assist
in the appropriate use of specific descriptions.
Ans: Boxed & Bold Text
Denote inclusive or exclusive information.
Ans: Brackets
©, 2025 All rights reserved®
Include synonyms or occasionally, non-clinical terms and provide a
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definition for the injury description.
Ans: Parentheseses
Separate injury descriptors that are comparable in severity.
Ans: Semicolons
Identifies an anatomical structure
Ans: Bold Type
Are used for proper-named anatomical structures or injuries, and for OIS
grades.
Ans: Italics
Minor
Ans: AIS .1
Moderate
Ans: AIS .2
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Serious
Ans: AIS .3
Severe
Ans: AIS .4
Critical
Ans: AIS .5
Maximum
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Ans: AIS .6
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Ans: Range of AIS severity codes
No
Ans: Is "DEATH" part of the AIS severity scale?
No
Ans: Does a linear relationship exist between AIS severity codes?
T
Ans: (T/F) Injuries within the same code may not be strictly compatible.
Unknown
Ans: AIS .9
T
Ans: (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.
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Adult 25-40 years of age
Free of pre-existing conditions
Free of treatment complications
Receiving timely, appropriate care for the injury
Ans: Average Patient
6 digits to the left of decimal point
Ans: Pre-dot Code
A single digit to the right of the decimal point.
©, 2025 All rights reserved®
Ans: AIS Severity Number
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The first number in the pre-dot code stands for?
Ans: Body Region
The second number in the pre-dot code stands for?
Ans: Type of Anatomic Structure
The third & fourth numbers in the pre-dot code stands for?
Ans: Specific Anatomic Structure
The fifth & sixth numbers in the pre-dot code stands for?
Ans: Level of injury within the specific body region and anatomic structure
T
Ans: (T/F) AIS assesses the severity of single injuries.
T
Ans: (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.
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Ans: There are how many ISS body regions?
Head & Neck
Face
Chest
Abdominal & Pelvic Contents
Extremities & Pelvic Girdle
External
Ans: ISS Body Regions
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Include injury to the brain, skull, cervical spine or neck organs.
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Ans: Head & Neck
T
Ans: (T/F) Asphyxia is assigned to the ISS Head region?
Include injury to mouth, ears, eyes, nose and facial bones.
Ans: Face
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.
Ans: Chest
T
Ans: (T/F) Drowning is assigned to the Chest region?
F
Ans: (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.
