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CAISS EXAM WITH ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 2024/2025 GRADED A
Boxed & Bold Text - (answer)Represent AIS coding rules and conventions and
contain directives to assist in the appropriate use of specific descriptions.
Brackets - (answer)Denote inclusive or exclusive information.
Parentheseses - (answer)Include synonyms or occasionally, non-clinical terms
and provide a definition for the injury description.
Semicolons - (answer)Separate injury descriptors that are comparable in severity.
Bold Type - (answer)Identifies an anatomical structure
Italics - (answer)Are used for proper-named anatomical structures or injuries, and
for OIS grades.
AIS .1 - (answer)Minor
AIS .2 - (answer)Moderate
AIS .3 - (answer)Serious
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AIS .4 - (answer)Severe
AIS .5 - (answer)Critical
AIS .6 - (answer)Maximum
Range of AIS severity codes - (answer)1-6
Is "DEATH" part of the AIS severity scale? - (answer)No
Does a linear relationship exist between AIS severity codes? - (answer)No
(T/F) Injuries within the same code may not be strictly compatible. - (answer)T
AIS .9 - (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. - (answer)T
Average Patient - (answer)Adult 25-40 years of age
Free of pre-existing conditions
Free of treatment complications
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Receiving timely, appropriate care for the injury
Pre-dot Code - (answer)6 digits to the left of decimal point
AIS Severity Number - (answer)A single digit to the right of the decimal point.
Body Region - (answer)The first number in the pre-dot code stands for?
Type of Anatomic Structure - (answer)The second number in the pre-dot code
stands for?
Specific Anatomic Structure - (answer)The third & fourth numbers in the pre-dot
code stands for?
Level of injury within the specific body region and anatomic structure -
(answer)The fifth & sixth numbers in the pre-dot code stands for?
(T/F) AIS assesses the severity of single injuries. - (answer)T
(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. - (answer)T
There are how many ISS body regions? - (answer)6
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ISS Body Regions - (answer)Head & Neck
Face
Chest
Abdominal & Pelvic Contents
Extremities & Pelvic Girdle
External
Head & Neck - (answer)Include injury to the brain, skull, cervical spine or neck
organs.
(T/F) Asphyxia is assigned to the ISS Head region? - (answer)T
Face - (answer)Include injury to mouth, ears, eyes, nose and facial bones.
Chest - (answer)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.
(T/F) Drowning is assigned to the Chest region? - (answer)T
(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. - (answer)F
CAISS EXAM WITH ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 2024/2025 GRADED A
Boxed & Bold Text - (answer)Represent AIS coding rules and conventions and
contain directives to assist in the appropriate use of specific descriptions.
Brackets - (answer)Denote inclusive or exclusive information.
Parentheseses - (answer)Include synonyms or occasionally, non-clinical terms
and provide a definition for the injury description.
Semicolons - (answer)Separate injury descriptors that are comparable in severity.
Bold Type - (answer)Identifies an anatomical structure
Italics - (answer)Are used for proper-named anatomical structures or injuries, and
for OIS grades.
AIS .1 - (answer)Minor
AIS .2 - (answer)Moderate
AIS .3 - (answer)Serious
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AIS .4 - (answer)Severe
AIS .5 - (answer)Critical
AIS .6 - (answer)Maximum
Range of AIS severity codes - (answer)1-6
Is "DEATH" part of the AIS severity scale? - (answer)No
Does a linear relationship exist between AIS severity codes? - (answer)No
(T/F) Injuries within the same code may not be strictly compatible. - (answer)T
AIS .9 - (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. - (answer)T
Average Patient - (answer)Adult 25-40 years of age
Free of pre-existing conditions
Free of treatment complications
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Receiving timely, appropriate care for the injury
Pre-dot Code - (answer)6 digits to the left of decimal point
AIS Severity Number - (answer)A single digit to the right of the decimal point.
Body Region - (answer)The first number in the pre-dot code stands for?
Type of Anatomic Structure - (answer)The second number in the pre-dot code
stands for?
Specific Anatomic Structure - (answer)The third & fourth numbers in the pre-dot
code stands for?
Level of injury within the specific body region and anatomic structure -
(answer)The fifth & sixth numbers in the pre-dot code stands for?
(T/F) AIS assesses the severity of single injuries. - (answer)T
(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. - (answer)T
There are how many ISS body regions? - (answer)6
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ISS Body Regions - (answer)Head & Neck
Face
Chest
Abdominal & Pelvic Contents
Extremities & Pelvic Girdle
External
Head & Neck - (answer)Include injury to the brain, skull, cervical spine or neck
organs.
(T/F) Asphyxia is assigned to the ISS Head region? - (answer)T
Face - (answer)Include injury to mouth, ears, eyes, nose and facial bones.
Chest - (answer)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.
(T/F) Drowning is assigned to the Chest region? - (answer)T
(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. - (answer)F
