CAISS Exam 2 practice quizzes & Answers(RATED A+)
Boxed & Bold Text
Brackets
Parentheseses
Semicolons
Bold Type
Italics
AIS .1
AIS .2
AIS .3
AIS .4
AIS .5
AIS .6
Range of AIS severity codes
Is "DEATH" part of the AIS severity scale?
Does a linear relationship exist between AIS severi...
Ans: Represent AIS coding rules and conventions and contain directives to assist in
the appropriate use of specific descriptions.
2). Brackets
Ans: Denote inclusive or exclusive information.
3). Parentheseses
Ans: Include synonyms or occasionally, non-clinical terms and provide a definition for
the injury description.
4). Semicolons
Ans: Separate injury descriptors that are comparable in severity.
5). Bold type
Ans: Identifies an anatomical structure
6). Italics
Ans: Are used for proper-named anatomical structures or injuries, and for OIS grades.
7). Ais .1
Ans: Minor
8). Ais .2
Ans: Moderate
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, 9). Ais .3
Ans: Serious
10). Ais .4
Ans: Severe
11). Ais .5
Ans: Critical
12). Ais .6
Ans: Maximum
13). Range of ais severity codes
Ans: 1-6
14). Is "death" part of the ais severity scale?
Ans: No
15). Does a linear relationship exist between ais severity codes?
Ans: No
16). (t/f) injuries within the same code may not be strictly compatible.
Ans: T
17). Ais .9
Ans: Unknown
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, 18). (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.
Ans: T
19). Average patient
Ans: Adult 25-40 years of age
Free of pre-existing conditions
Free of treatment complications
Receiving timely, appropriate care for the injury
20). Pre-dot code
Ans: 6 digits to the left of decimal point
21). Ais severity number
Ans: A single digit to the right of the decimal point.
22). Body region
Ans: The first number in the pre-dot code stands for?
23). Type of anatomic structure
Ans: The second number in the pre-dot code stands for?
24). Specific anatomic structure
Ans: The third & fourth numbers in the pre-dot code stands for?
25). Level of injury within the specific body region and anatomic structure
Ans: The fifth & sixth numbers in the pre-dot code stands for?
26). (t/f) ais assesses the severity of single injuries.
Ans: T
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, 27). (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.
Ans: T
28). There are how many iss body regions?
Ans: 6
29). Iss body regions
Ans: Head & Neck
Face
Chest
Abdominal & Pelvic Contents
Extremities & Pelvic Girdle
External
30). Head & neck
Ans: Include injury to the brain, skull, cervical spine or neck organs.
31). (t/f) asphyxia is assigned to the iss head region?
Ans: T
32). Face
Ans: Include injury to mouth, ears, eyes, nose and facial bones.
33). Chest
Ans: 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.
34). (t/f) drowning is assigned to the chest region?
Ans: T
35). (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.
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