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1. Ẃhich of the folloẃing corroboratesa basal skull fracture?
a. foreheadlaceration
b. hemotympanum
c. frontal headache
d. LOC


2. If LOC is >24 hours, you should code DAI in the section
a. concussive
b. cerebrum


3. True or False: Ẃhena patienthas DAI, you shouldstill codeSAH, IVF,
SDH

4. Supratentorialshould be codedto the:
a. cerebrum
b. cerebellum
c. brain stem
d. entirebrain


5. Occipital condylefractureshould be codedto the:
a. skull base
b. skull vault
c. both
d. neither


6. True or False: The mastoid portion of the temporal bone should be
coded as a skull base fracture

7. Lacerationor thrombosisto the sinuses should be codedto the:
a. externalNFS
b. cerebrum
c. vessels

,d. noneof theabove

, 8. True or False: an openskull fracture must havetorn dura


9. Hoẃ manycranial nervesare there?
a. 3
b. 13
c. 11
d. 12


10. Intraparenchymalbleedsshould be codedto:
a. SDH
b. intracerebralhematoma
c. cerebrumNFS
d. other


11. A compoundskull fracture can be describedas:
a. closed and linear
b. openẃith torn dura
c. openẃith the dura intact
d. comminuted


12. A foreign body in the corneashould be codedas:
a. eye laceration
b. corneaNFS
c. eyecontusion
d. eyeabrasion


13. A soft palateperforationshould be codedas a:
a. fracture
b. abrasion
c. laceration
d. contusion


14. A hard palateperforationshould be codedas a:
a. fracture
b. abrasion
c. laceration
d. contusion