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Caustic agent ingestion injuries - ✔✔✔ ANSWER-assigned to the region of specific organ that is
injuried
Caustic agent inhalation injuries - ✔✔✔ ANSWER-assigned to the Chest ISS body region
Drowning - ✔✔✔ ANSWER-assigned to the Chest ISS body region
Hypothermia - ✔✔✔ ANSWER-do not round up or down assign to External ISS body region
Whole body injury or blast type injury - ✔✔✔ ANSWER-AIS 6 injury assigned to External ISS body
region
Panfacial fractures - ✔✔✔ ANSWER-involves entire face- facial fx in various regions in the face,
resembling jigsaw puzzle
Open chest wound - ✔✔✔ ANSWER--"sucking" chest wound
- a hole in the chest wall
ICD 10 Location codes start of - ✔✔✔ ANSWER-Y92.0 Private Residence (home)
Y92.1 Institutional (SNF,Jail)
Y92.2 School, Public Admin Bldg, Church, Hospital,Cine
Y92.3 Sports and Athletic
,Y92.4 Street and Highway
Y92.5 Trade and Service Area
Y92.6 Industrial and Construction Area
Y92.7 Farm
Y92.8 Other Places
Y92.9 Unspecified places or NA
ICD 10 mechanism codes start of - ✔✔✔ ANSWER-Pedestrian V00-V09
Pedal Cyclist V10-V19
Motorcycle & 3 wheel motor vehicle V20-V39
Car & Pickup Truck/Van/SUV V40-V59
Heavy Transport vehicle & bus V60-V79
Other and NOS land transport V80-V89
Air, Water, and NOS transport V90-V99
Accidental falls W00-W19
Accidental by Inanimate mechanical forces W20-W49
Accidental by person or animal W50-W64
Accidental Drowning Submersion W65-W74
Accidental exposure to man made Environ W85-W99
Fire,Flame, Hot subst, other forces nature X00-X58
Self inflicted X71-X83
Assault X92-Y09
Undetermined Intent Y21-Y33
Legal intervent, war, terrorism Y35-Y38
Poisoning and Toxic Effects T36-T65
,Other & Unspecified Effects of Ext cause T66-T78
voluntary muscle - ✔✔✔ ANSWER-A muscle that is under conscious control
involuntary muscle - ✔✔✔ ANSWER-A muscle that is not under conscious control.
What is a schema error? - ✔✔✔ ANSWER-Level 1: Format / schema* - any element that does not
conform to the "rules" of the XSD.
That is, these are errors that arise from XML data that cannot be parsed or would otherwise not
be legal XML. Some errors in this Level do not have a Rule ID - for example: illegal tag,
commingling of null values and actual data, out of range errors, etc.
Pediatric Trauma Score - ✔✔✔ ANSWER-The PTS was developed to reflect the children's vulnerability
to traumatic injury. It emphasizes the importance of the child's weight and airway. Several studies
have confirmed that the PTS is a valid tool in predicting mortality of a traumatically injured child.
Mortality is estimated at 9% with a PTS > 8, and at 100% with a PTS ≤ 0. There is a linear relationship
between the decrease in PTS and the mortality risk (i.e. the lower the PTS, the higher the mortality
risk). The minimal score is -6 and the maximum score is +12. Pediatric Trauma Score (PTS) +2 +1 -1
Weight > 20 kg (44 lbs.) 10-20 kg (22-44 lbs.) < 10 kg (22 lbs.) Airway Patent Maintainable
Unmaintainable Systolic B/P > 90 mm Hg 50-90 mm Hg < 50 mm Hg CNS Awake + LOC Unresponsive
Fractures None Closed or suspected Multiple closed or open Wounds None Minor Major, penetrating
or burns
Monteggia fracture - ✔✔✔ ANSWER-Facture of ulna with dislocation of proximal radius.
If you suspect terrorism, do you code terrorism? - ✔✔✔ ANSWER-False, only if confirmed. You would
code assault unless confirmed terrorism attack.
If you have a near drowning case would you look for any other injuries? - ✔✔✔ ANSWER-Yes,
neurological deficits
, If a burn -related amputation occurs how do you code? - ✔✔✔ ANSWER-You would code amputation
only from ext. region only and burn not separately.
If you have a amputation after the burn event how do you code? - ✔✔✔ ANSWER-You would code
burn only and not the amputation, at this point it would be considered treatment.
S00-S99 - ✔✔✔ ANSWER-Exclude superficial injuries
Falling in S00-S99 - ✔✔✔ ANSWER-Include traumatic injuries
T07 - ✔✔✔ ANSWER-Unspecified multi injuries
T14 - ✔✔✔ ANSWER-Injury of unspecified body region
T20-T28 - ✔✔✔ ANSWER-Burns by body region
T30-T32 - ✔✔✔ ANSWER-Burns by TBSA percentages
T79.A1-T79.A9 - ✔✔✔ ANSWER-Traumatic compartment syndrome
ACS Inclusion - ✔✔✔ ANSWER-Hospital admit, OSH tx by PV or EMS, Death from traumatic injuries
External Cause Code Hierarchy - ✔✔✔ ANSWER-1. Child and Adult Abuse
2. Terrorism
3. Cataclysmic Events