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CAISS Exam (2026 Updated Version)
Comprehensive Q&A For Certification
Success
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
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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
AIS .4 - correct-answer -Severe
AIS .5 - correct-answer -Critical
AIS .6 - correct-answer -Maximum
Range of AIS severity codes - correct-answer -1-6
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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
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Pre-dot Code - correct-answer -6 digits to the left of decimal point
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?
CAISS Exam (2026 Updated Version)
Comprehensive Q&A For Certification
Success
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
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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
AIS .4 - correct-answer -Severe
AIS .5 - correct-answer -Critical
AIS .6 - correct-answer -Maximum
Range of AIS severity codes - correct-answer -1-6
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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
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Pre-dot Code - correct-answer -6 digits to the left of decimal point
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?
