CAISS – Thorax Exam Practice Questions and Answers
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CAISS – Thorax Exam Practice
Questions and Answers
What does AIS define as part of the Chest? - Answer️️ -Skin (excluding shoulder
girdle & sternoclavicular region), Trachea & Esophagus below the sternal notch,
bronchus, diaphragm, heart, lungs, rib cage, sternum, Thorcic vessels(includin...
Define flail chest. - Answer✔️✔️-Three or more adjacent ribs each fractured in two or
more places
Is a costal cartilage fracture considered a rib fracture? - Answer✔️✔️-Yes
What is necessary to code lung contusion? - Answer✔️✔️-History of trauma & verified by
imaging or autopsy.
Can you code both a lung contusion and lung laceration? - Answer✔️✔️-Yes. Each are
considered independent injuries in the chest
If chest trauma is only diagnosised by it's sequela with no specific information how
would you code? - Answer✔️✔️-Thoracic injury NFS
What sequela's in the chest can be coded? - Answer✔️✔️-Air Embolus and Tamponade
When are branches of vessels coded? - Answer✔️✔️-When the primary vessel is named.
How should an "incomplete transaction" of a vessel be coded? - Answer✔️✔️-Incomplete
circumferential involvement
What are the named arteries in the Thoracic region? - Answer✔️✔️-Thoracic Aorta,
Brachiocephalic, Pulmonary, Coronary, Subclavian
What is defined under "Other Named Arteries?" - Answer✔️✔️-Intercostal, Internal
Mammary, Esophageal, Bronchial
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