CAISS 2022 Neck Exam Questions and Answers

CAISS 2022 Neck Exam Questions and Answers Carotid artery injury not specified should be coded to what? - Answer-Common carotid artery Jugular vein injury not specified to be coded to what? - Answer-Internal jugular vein Define a thrombosis/occlusion in the neck - Answer-Thrombosis secondary to trauma from any lesion but laceration (Under carotid artery, internal and external, and vertebral artery) refers to the sequela of blunt trauma to neck The internal carotid artery injuries are only found in the neck chapter of the dictionary. True or false? - Answer-False- It may refer to either AIS head or neck chapters. When the exact location of the entry is not specified as to head or neck code to the neck region with applicable details such as laceration, thrombosis, occlusion An external carotid artery injury may be found in what two chapters of the AIS dictionary? - Answer-The face and neck chapters. The face chapter includes branches of the external carotid artery A vertebral artery injury may be found in which two chapters of the AIS dictionary? - Answer-The head or neck chapters in the exact location is not specified, code to the neck region.