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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
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
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
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
(T/F) There are 9 ISS body regions? - ANSWER F
(T/F) Asphyxia is assigned to the ISS Chest region? - ANSWER F
, (T/F) Drowning is assigned to the Head & Neck region? - ANSWER f
Abdomen and Pelvic Area - ANSWER Include injury to Lumber spine lesions.
External - ANSWER Injuries that include lacerations, contusions, abrasions,
hypothermia, electrical injury, whole body injury and burns are assigned to what
region?
1-75 - ANSWER The ISS score ranges from what to what?
(T/F) An ISS of 75 can be derived in 2 ways: one AIS .5 injury in each of three body
regions or a single AIS .6 injury. - ANSWER T
Should patients with a AIS .9 code be included in research studies? - ANSWER No
Underestimation of the ISS score - ANSWER Assigning injuries to too few body
regions can result in what?
Overestimation of the ISS Score - ANSWER Assigning injuries to too many ISS
body regions can result in what?
Injury - ANSWER The anatomic lesion resulting from a transfer of energy rather
than a complication or immediate sequelae is what?
Blunt, Penetration, Burns & Selected other Trauma - ANSWER The AIS includes
injuries from the what mechanisms?
(T/F) The AIS sometime permits the coding of immediate sequelae, but withing
strictly defined rules? - ANSWER T
(T/F) You can code suspected, possible or rule out diagnosis? - ANSWER F
(T/F) Clinical diagnosis alone are not codable for certain injuries. - ANSWER T
(T/F) In order to code clinical diagnosis, there must be back-up with a CT, MRI or
autopsy documentation. - ANSWER T
(T/F) Cranial Nerve Injuries or Basilar Skull Fractures are an exception to coding
clinical diagnosis. - ANSWER T
Basilar Skull Fracture - ANSWER Physical signs of raccoon eyes, Battle signs, CSF
rhinorrhea, CSF otorrhea and Hemotympanum are indications of what?
(T/F) AIS allows coding of cranial nerve "contusion" if there is documented cranial
nerve weakness/paresis or subtotal loss of function? - ANSWER T
(T/F) AIS allows coding of cranial nerve "laceration" if there is documented cranial
nerve paralysis, or total loss of function? - ANSWER T
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