CAISS Exam Questions and Answers Graded A+

CAISS Exam Questions and Answers
Graded A+

Boxed & Bold Text - Correct answer-Represent AIS coding rules and conventions

and contain directives to assist in the appropriate use of specific descriptions.

Brackets - Correct answer-Denote inclusive or exclusive information.

Parentheseses - Correct answer-Include synonyms or occasionally, non-clinical

terms and provide a definition for the injury description.

Semicolons - Correct answer-Separate injury descriptors that are comparable in

severity.

Bold Type - Correct answer-Identifies an anatomical structure

Italics - Correct answer-Are used for proper-named anatomical structures or

injuries, and for OIS grades.

AIS .1 - Correct answer-Minor

AIS .2 - Correct answer-Moderate

AIS .3 - Correct answer-Serious


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,AIS .4 - Correct answer-Severe

AIS .5 - Correct answer-Critical

AIS .6 - Correct answer-Maximum

Range of AIS severity codes - Correct answer-1-6

Is "DEATH" part of the AIS severity scale? - Correct answer-No

Does a linear relationship exist between AIS severity codes? - Correct answer-No

(T/F) Injuries within the same code may not be strictly compatible. - Correct

answer-T

AIS .9 - Correct answer-Unknown

(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. - Correct

answer-T

Average Patient - Correct answer-Adult 25-40 years of age

Free of pre-existing conditions

Free of treatment complications

Receiving timely, appropriate care for the injury

Pre-dot Code - Correct answer-6 digits to the left of decimal point
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,AIS Severity Number - Correct answer-A single digit to the right of the decimal

point.

Body Region - Correct answer-The first number in the pre-dot code stands for?

Type of Anatomic Structure - Correct answer-The second number in the pre-dot

code stands for?

Specific Anatomic Structure - Correct answer-The third & fourth numbers in the

pre-dot code stands for?

Level of injury within the specific body region and anatomic structure - Correct

answer-The fifth & sixth numbers in the pre-dot code stands for?

(T/F) AIS assesses the severity of single injuries. - Correct answer-T

(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. - Correct answer-T

There are how many ISS body regions? - Correct answer-6

ISS Body Regions - Correct answer-Head & Neck

Face

Chest

Abdominal & Pelvic Contents


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, Extremities & Pelvic Girdle

External

Head & Neck - Correct answer-Include injury to the brain, skull, cervical spine or

neck organs.

(T/F) Asphyxia is assigned to the ISS Head region? - Correct answer-T

Face - Correct answer-Include injury to mouth, ears, eyes, nose and facial bones.

Chest - Correct answer-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.

(T/F) Drowning is assigned to the Chest region? - Correct answer-T

(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. - Correct answer-F

(T/F) There are 9 ISS body regions? - Correct answer-F

(T/F) Asphyxia is assigned to the ISS Chest region? - Correct answer-F

(T/F) Drowning is assigned to the Head & Neck region? - Correct answer-f

Abdomen and Pelvic Area - Correct answer-Include injury to Lumber spine

lesions.


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