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CAISS EXAM LATEST 2026-2027 ACTUAL EXAM WITH COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (100% VERIFIED
ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+| ||PROFESSOR VERIFIED||
||BRANDNEW!!!||
Hypothermia, electrical injuries, and whole body injuries are
coded to which ISS region? - ANSWER-External
The ISS score ranged from _____ to _____ ? - ANSWER-1 to 75
What are the two ways an ISS of 75 can be achieved? -
ANSWER-1) AIS of 5 in each of three different body regions
2) AIS of 6 in a single body region
Do patients with an AIS 9 achieve an accurate ISS score? -
ANSWER-NO
Can less than three regions be used to calculate an ISS? -
ANSWER-YES
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Can more than three regions be used to calculate an ISS? -
ANSWER-NO
Do all ISS scores have the same mortality rates? - ANSWER-NO
(depends on body regions affected)
Assigning injuries to too few body regions results in what? -
ANSWER-underestimation of ISS
Assigning injuries to too many body regions results in what? -
ANSWER-overestimation of ISS
Are complications or sequela included in the definition of an
injury? - ANSWER-NO
Define injury? - ANSWER-Anatomic lesion resulting from transfer
of injury.
List seven (7) examples of sequela that are coded in AIS as
injuries? - ANSWER-1) HTX/PTX
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2) retroperitoneal hemorrhage
3) cerebral edema/swelling
4) ischemic brain damage r/t head trauma
5) blood loss
6) asphyxia
7) compartment syndrome
Are preliminary (suspected, possible, rule out) dx codeable? -
ANSWER-NO
Are all clinical dx alone codeable? - ANSWER-NO (some require
radiologic/autopsy findings)
Cranial nerve contusion is coded when there is what
documented? - ANSWER-weakness/paresis or subtotal loss of
function
Cranial nerve laceration is coded when what is documented? -
ANSWER-paralysis or total loss of function
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What five (5) physical signs/manifestations are codeable as
basilar skull fx? - ANSWER-1) raccoon's eyes (periorbital
ecchymosis)
2) Battle's sign (mastoid ecchymosis)
3) CSF rhinorrhea
4) CSF otorrhea
5) hemotympanum
What must also exists to code a basilar skull fx when only
physical manifestations are present? - ANSWER-evidence of
traumatic head injury (not related to facial fx/injury)
Are complications coded as injuries? - ANSWER-NO (ex:
infections, pneumonia, epilepsy following head injury)
Are sequela or outcomes coded as injuries? - ANSWER-NO (ex:
death, blindness, obstruction, miscarriage, deafness, swelling-
except brain)
CAISS EXAM LATEST 2026-2027 ACTUAL EXAM WITH COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (100% VERIFIED
ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+| ||PROFESSOR VERIFIED||
||BRANDNEW!!!||
Hypothermia, electrical injuries, and whole body injuries are
coded to which ISS region? - ANSWER-External
The ISS score ranged from _____ to _____ ? - ANSWER-1 to 75
What are the two ways an ISS of 75 can be achieved? -
ANSWER-1) AIS of 5 in each of three different body regions
2) AIS of 6 in a single body region
Do patients with an AIS 9 achieve an accurate ISS score? -
ANSWER-NO
Can less than three regions be used to calculate an ISS? -
ANSWER-YES
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Can more than three regions be used to calculate an ISS? -
ANSWER-NO
Do all ISS scores have the same mortality rates? - ANSWER-NO
(depends on body regions affected)
Assigning injuries to too few body regions results in what? -
ANSWER-underestimation of ISS
Assigning injuries to too many body regions results in what? -
ANSWER-overestimation of ISS
Are complications or sequela included in the definition of an
injury? - ANSWER-NO
Define injury? - ANSWER-Anatomic lesion resulting from transfer
of injury.
List seven (7) examples of sequela that are coded in AIS as
injuries? - ANSWER-1) HTX/PTX
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2) retroperitoneal hemorrhage
3) cerebral edema/swelling
4) ischemic brain damage r/t head trauma
5) blood loss
6) asphyxia
7) compartment syndrome
Are preliminary (suspected, possible, rule out) dx codeable? -
ANSWER-NO
Are all clinical dx alone codeable? - ANSWER-NO (some require
radiologic/autopsy findings)
Cranial nerve contusion is coded when there is what
documented? - ANSWER-weakness/paresis or subtotal loss of
function
Cranial nerve laceration is coded when what is documented? -
ANSWER-paralysis or total loss of function
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What five (5) physical signs/manifestations are codeable as
basilar skull fx? - ANSWER-1) raccoon's eyes (periorbital
ecchymosis)
2) Battle's sign (mastoid ecchymosis)
3) CSF rhinorrhea
4) CSF otorrhea
5) hemotympanum
What must also exists to code a basilar skull fx when only
physical manifestations are present? - ANSWER-evidence of
traumatic head injury (not related to facial fx/injury)
Are complications coded as injuries? - ANSWER-NO (ex:
infections, pneumonia, epilepsy following head injury)
Are sequela or outcomes coded as injuries? - ANSWER-NO (ex:
death, blindness, obstruction, miscarriage, deafness, swelling-
except brain)
