CAISS Question and Answer (2026) | Newest Questions and Answers with Accurate Rationales | Grade A+

CAISS Question and Answer (2026) | Newest
Questions and Answers with Accurate
Rationales | Grade A+
• AIS reflects severity of single injuries and are unaffected by what three things? -
✓✓1) time
2) sequela
3) outcome


• What type of scale does AIS use? -✓✓6 point ordinal scale


• Which type of measurement is more variable? Anatomic or Physiologic? -
✓✓Physiologic


• Is clinical training necessary for collecting injury data? -✓✓NO


• AIS is based on what three (3) factors? -✓✓1) anatomically- based
2) consensus driven
3) global


• Severity is NOT contingent upon what two (2) factors? -✓✓1) Outcome
2) time


• Numerical ranking of severity: 1 -✓✓minor


• Numerical ranking of severity: 2 -✓✓moderate

,• Numerical ranking of severity: 3 -✓✓serious


• Numerical ranking of severity: 4 -✓✓severe


• Numerical ranking of severity: 5 -✓✓critical


• Numerical ranking of severity: 6 -✓✓maximum (currently untreatable)


• Is mortality a sole determinant of AIS severity? -✓✓NO


• Are all AIS data comparable from year to year? -✓✓NO (updates)


• Is "DEATH" part of the severity scale? -✓✓NO


• Is a patient who dies automatically assigned the highest AIS severity of 6? -
✓✓NO (patients w/ minor injuries can die)


• Does a linear relationship exist between AIS severity codes? -✓✓NO (AIS 4 is
more, NOT twice as severe as AIS 2)


• Are all injuries within the same AIS code strictly compatible? -✓✓NO (tibia fx &
alveolar ridge are both AIS - 2, although one may be worse than the other, both are
considered 'moderate')

,• What AIS code is assigned to a patient with inadequate information regarding an
injury? -✓✓9


• How many chapters are in the AIS dictionary? -✓✓9 (not the same as body
regions)


• AIS single digit severity codes are based on what type of patient? -✓✓Average


• What four (4) things define the "average" patient? -✓✓1) 25-40 yrs old
2) no pre-existing conditions
3) no tx complications
4) received timely/appropriate care


• Approximately how many injury descriptors are included in AIS? -✓✓2000


• What part of the AIS code is considered the "Pre-Dot Code?" -✓✓6 digits
BEFORE the decimal point (left)


• What part of the AIS code is considered the "AIS Severity Number?" -✓✓single
digit after the decimal (right)


• (T/F) The 6 digit pre-dot codes are unique and allow for more specificity and
accurate coding? -✓✓TRUE


• The first digit in the pre-dot code corresponds to what? -✓✓Body Region

, • The second digit in the pre-dot code corresponds to what? -✓✓Type of anatomic
structure (skeletal, solid organ)


• The third/fourth digits in the pre-dot code correspond to what? -✓✓Specific
anatomic structure (femur)


• The fifth/sixth digits in the pre-dot code correspond to what? -✓✓Level of injury
within the specific body region and anatomic structure (NFS, minor, major)


• Parenthesis in the AIS dictionary indicate what? -✓✓synonyms or definitions for
injury types


• Brackets in the AIS dictionary indicate what? -✓✓inclusionary/exclusionary info,
OIS Grades


• Boxed bold type in the AIS dictionary indicates what? -✓✓directives to assist
coder in appropriate use of specific description


• Semicolons in the AIS dictionary indicate what? -✓✓separate injury descriptors
that are comparable in severity


• Italics in the AIS dictionary indicate what? -✓✓proper-named injuries/structures,
OIS grades


• Does AIS assess the severity of multiple injuries? -✓✓NO (single injury severity
only)