🧠 CAISS (CERTIFIED ABBREVIATED INJURY SCALE SPECIALIST) PRACTICE
TEST: 50+ QUESTIONS AND 100% VERIFIED ANSWERS (TEST BANK)
1. "Burst" fractures are coded to which portion of the vertebra?
A. pedicle
B. lamina
C. transverse process
D. body
✔ Answer: D
Burst fractures involve compression of the vertebral body, not the posterior elements.
2. A "sucking" chest wound is considered:
A. closed
B. open
C. NFS
D. not codable
✔ Answer: B
Sucking chest wounds involve a breach in the pleura, making them open injuries.
3. What type of fracture involves three or more fragments not touching?
A. greenstick
B. displaced
C. comminuted
D. complex
✔ Answer: D
A complex fracture features multiple non-touching fragments.
,4. In AIS, what does “transection” indicate?
A. tear
B. partial cut
C. complete separation
D. swelling
✔ Answer: C
A transection is a complete anatomical severance.
5. What severity code is associated with an injury labeled “maximum (currently untreatable)”?
A. 4
B. 5
C. 6
D. 9
✔ Answer: C
AIS 6 represents unsurvivable injuries, often untreatable by current standards.
6. Bilateral kidney injuries should be coded as:
A. one injury
B. combined
C. NFS
D. separate
✔ Answer: D
Each kidney injury is coded independently unless noted otherwise.
7. A “rubbed” area of the skin is best coded as a(n):
A. contusion
B. abrasion
C. laceration
D. degloving
✔ Answer: B
An abrasion is caused by friction, resulting in superficial skin loss.
, 8. Which brain injury is categorized as diffuse?
A. contusion
B. epidural hematoma
C. DAI
D. skull fracture
✔ Answer: C
DAI, or diffuse axonal injury, affects widespread areas and is not focal.
9. The term “pedicle” refers to what vertebral structure?
A. anterior body
B. posterior arch
C. lateral mass
D. neural foramen
✔ Answer: B
The pedicle is a part of the posterior vertebral arch connecting to the body.
10. Cranial nerve contusion must include which clinical sign to be coded?
A. paralysis
B. radiologic evidence
C. paresthesia
D. weakness
✔ Answer: D
A cranial nerve contusion requires documented weakness or sensory loss.
TEST: 50+ QUESTIONS AND 100% VERIFIED ANSWERS (TEST BANK)
1. "Burst" fractures are coded to which portion of the vertebra?
A. pedicle
B. lamina
C. transverse process
D. body
✔ Answer: D
Burst fractures involve compression of the vertebral body, not the posterior elements.
2. A "sucking" chest wound is considered:
A. closed
B. open
C. NFS
D. not codable
✔ Answer: B
Sucking chest wounds involve a breach in the pleura, making them open injuries.
3. What type of fracture involves three or more fragments not touching?
A. greenstick
B. displaced
C. comminuted
D. complex
✔ Answer: D
A complex fracture features multiple non-touching fragments.
,4. In AIS, what does “transection” indicate?
A. tear
B. partial cut
C. complete separation
D. swelling
✔ Answer: C
A transection is a complete anatomical severance.
5. What severity code is associated with an injury labeled “maximum (currently untreatable)”?
A. 4
B. 5
C. 6
D. 9
✔ Answer: C
AIS 6 represents unsurvivable injuries, often untreatable by current standards.
6. Bilateral kidney injuries should be coded as:
A. one injury
B. combined
C. NFS
D. separate
✔ Answer: D
Each kidney injury is coded independently unless noted otherwise.
7. A “rubbed” area of the skin is best coded as a(n):
A. contusion
B. abrasion
C. laceration
D. degloving
✔ Answer: B
An abrasion is caused by friction, resulting in superficial skin loss.
, 8. Which brain injury is categorized as diffuse?
A. contusion
B. epidural hematoma
C. DAI
D. skull fracture
✔ Answer: C
DAI, or diffuse axonal injury, affects widespread areas and is not focal.
9. The term “pedicle” refers to what vertebral structure?
A. anterior body
B. posterior arch
C. lateral mass
D. neural foramen
✔ Answer: B
The pedicle is a part of the posterior vertebral arch connecting to the body.
10. Cranial nerve contusion must include which clinical sign to be coded?
A. paralysis
B. radiologic evidence
C. paresthesia
D. weakness
✔ Answer: D
A cranial nerve contusion requires documented weakness or sensory loss.
