CAISS EXAM CERTIFICATION EXAM 2 LATEST VERSIONS 2024-2025 A
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1. Boxed & Bold Text Represent AIS
coding rules and
conventions and
contain directives
to assist in the
appropriate use of
specific descrip-
tions.
2. Brackets Denote inclusive
or exclusive infor-
mation.
3. Parentheseses Include synonyms
or occasionally,
non-clinical terms
and provide a defi-
nition for the injury
description.
4. Semicolons Separate injury
descriptors that
are comparable in
severity.
5. Bold Type Identifies an
anatomical struc-
ture
6. Italics Are used
for proper-named
anatomical struc-
tures or injuries,
and for OIS
grades.
7. AIS .1 Minor
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8. AIS .2 Moderate
9. AIS .3 Serious
10. AIS .4 Severe
11. AIS .5 Critical
12. AIS .6 Maximum
13. Range of AIS severity codes 1-6
14. Is "DEATH" part of the AIS severity scale? No
15. Does a linear relationship exist between AIS severity No
codes?
16. (T/F) Injuries within the same code may not be strictly T
compatible.
17. AIS .9 Unknown
18. (T/F) The AIS single digit severity number indicates T
the relative severity of injury in an "average person"
who sustains the coded injury as his only injury.
19. Average Patient Adult 25-40 years
of age
Free of pre-exist-
ing conditions
Free of treatment
complications
Receiving timely,
appropriate care
for the injury
20. Pre-dot Code 6 digits to the left
of decimal point
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21. AIS Severity Number A single digit to the
right of the deci-
mal point.
22. Body Region The first number in
the pre-dot code
stands for?
23. Type of Anatomic Structure The second num-
ber in the pre-dot
code stands for?
24. Specific Anatomic Structure The third &
fourth numbers in
the pre-dot code
stands for?
25. Level of injury within the specific body region and The fifth &
anatomic structure sixth numbers in
the pre-dot code
stands for?
26. (T/F) AIS assesses the severity of single injuries. T
27. (T/F) The ISS is the sum of the squares of the highest T
AIS in each of the (3) most severity injured ISS body
regions.
28. There are how many ISS body regions? 6
29. ISS Body Regions Head & Neck
Face
Chest
Abdominal &
Pelvic Contents
Extremities &
Pelvic Girdle
External
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30. Head & Neck Include injury to
the brain, skull,
cervical spine or
neck organs.
31. (T/F) Asphyxia is assigned to the ISS Head region? T
32. Face Include injury to
mouth, ears, eyes,
nose and facial
bones.
33. Chest Include injury to
abdominal and
pelvic contents, in-
cluding all le-
sions to inter-
nal organs in the
respective cavi-
ties and injuries
to diaphragm, rib
cage and thoracic
spine.
34. (T/F) Drowning is assigned to the Chest region? T
35. (T/F) The ISS is the sum of the squares of the highest F
AIS in each of the (5) most severity injured ISS body
regions.
36. (T/F) There are 9 ISS body regions? F
37. (T/F) Asphyxia is assigned to the ISS Chest region? F
38. (T/F) Drowning is assigned to the Head & Neck re- f
gion?
39. Abdomen and Pelvic Area
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