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How do you code a through and through GSW to skull - ANSWER-
116004.5 greater than 2 cm penetration. However if you know more
details to specific organ damage this cannot be used
In a penetrating injury to the head, if the skull is not penetrated how do
you code the entry? - ANSWER-Coded as a scalp laceration
True or false: cranial nerve injuries may be described only by the type of
dysfunction that exists in the normal nerve activity - ANSWER-TRUE
For cranial nerves how do you code total loss of nerve function
(paralysis)? And how do you code partial loss of function a.k.a. paresis?
- ANSWER-Code total loss as a laceration and partial loss as a contusion.
Name the first 6 cranial nerves - ANSWER-I: Olfactory
II. Optic
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, III: Oculomotor
IV Trochlear
V: Trigeminal
VI: Abducens
Name cranial nerves 7-12 - ANSWER-VII: Facial
VIII: Auditory aka Vestibulocochlear
IX: Glossopharyngeal nerve
X: Vagus--**excludes injury in neck, thorax or ab. domen
XI: Spinal accessory
XII Hypoglossal
On Old Olympic's Towering Tops, A Finn And German Viewed Some
Hops - ANSWER-Pneumonic to remember the Cranial Nerves
TRUE OR FALSE: injuries to internal organs such as the brain stem,
cerebellum or cerebrum must be verified by CT, MRI, surgery, x-ray, and
angiography or autopsy - ANSWER-TRUE
Name parts of the brain stem - ANSWER-Hypothalamus, medulla,
midbrain, pons
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