CAISS EXTERNAL AND BURNS EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS L LATEST VERSION 2025/2026.
How do you code in inhalation injury? - ANS Inhalation burns include all airway burns from
mouth and nose to lungs. Do not code mouth or pharynx separately; p. 80.
How do you code a radiation burn? - ANS Currently, they are not a codeable injury. Note,
sunburns are also not a codeable injury.
When do you use the external chapter of the AIS dictionary to code soft tissue injuries? -
ANS When the specific lesion or lesion site is unknown or if assignment of soft tissue a.k.a.
skin injury to a specific body region is not required. However, assigning this injuries to specific
body regions where the info is available is strongly encouraged
Describe the categories of frostbite codes - ANS Not further specified;
First degree or superficial;
Deep or full thickness,
Under the deep, full thickness category there is a subcategory for multiple body sites
What regions are burns coded to? - ANS Burns are assigned to the External Body Region
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QUESTIONS WITH 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS L LATEST VERSION 2025/2026.
How do you code in inhalation injury? - ANS Inhalation burns include all airway burns from
mouth and nose to lungs. Do not code mouth or pharynx separately; p. 80.
How do you code a radiation burn? - ANS Currently, they are not a codeable injury. Note,
sunburns are also not a codeable injury.
When do you use the external chapter of the AIS dictionary to code soft tissue injuries? -
ANS When the specific lesion or lesion site is unknown or if assignment of soft tissue a.k.a.
skin injury to a specific body region is not required. However, assigning this injuries to specific
body regions where the info is available is strongly encouraged
Describe the categories of frostbite codes - ANS Not further specified;
First degree or superficial;
Deep or full thickness,
Under the deep, full thickness category there is a subcategory for multiple body sites
What regions are burns coded to? - ANS Burns are assigned to the External Body Region
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