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CAISS TEST FINAL EXAM AND PRACTICE EXAM
QUESTIONS 2025/ 2026 NEWEST EXAM COMPLETE
600 QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED VERIFIED
ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES!! /ALREADY GRADED
A+ // BRAND NEW!!||LATEST EXAM!!||
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
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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
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"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)
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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
CAISS TEST FINAL EXAM AND PRACTICE EXAM
QUESTIONS 2025/ 2026 NEWEST EXAM COMPLETE
600 QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED VERIFIED
ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES!! /ALREADY GRADED
A+ // BRAND NEW!!||LATEST EXAM!!||
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
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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
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"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)
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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
