CAISS | 293 Questions and Answers 100% Correct | Latest Update 2023 Origins of AIS (3) - Answer 1) Standardized sy stem 2) Classify type/severity of injury from MVC 3) Consensus Injury descriptors are organized _________________________ ? - Answer Anatomically Injury severity is ranked relative to its importance to _______________? - Answer The whole body AIS reflects severity of single injuries and are unaffected by what three things? - Answer 1) time 2) sequela 3) outcome What type of scale does AIS use? - Answer 6 point ordinal scale Which type of measurement is more variable? Anatomic or Physiologic ? - Answer Physiologic Is clinical training necessary for collecting injury data? - Answer NO AIS is based on what three (3) factors? - Answer 1) anatomically - based 2) consensus driven 3) global Severity is NOT contingent upon what two (2) factors? - Answer 1) Outcome 2) time Numerical ranking of severity: 1 - Answer minor Numerical ranking of severity: 2 - Answer moderate Numerical ranking of severity: 3 - Answer serious Numerical ranking of severity: 4 - Answer severe Numerical ranking of severity: 5 - Answer critical Numerical ranking of severity: 6 - Answer maximum (currently untreatable) Is mortality a sole determinant of AIS severity? - Answer NO Are all AIS da ta comparable from year to year? - Answer NO (updates) Is "DEATH" part of the severity scale? - Answer NO Is a patient who dies automatically assigned the highest AIS severity of 6? - Answer NO (patients w/ minor injuries can die) Does a linear relationship exist between AIS severity codes? - Answer NO (AIS 4 is more, NOT twice as severe as AIS 2) Are all injuries within the same AIS code strictly compatible? - Answer NO (tibia fx & alveolar ridge are both AIS - 2, although one may be worse than the other, both are considered 'moderate') What AIS code is assigned to a patient with inadequate information regarding an injury? - Answer 9 AIS single digit severity codes are based on what type of patient? - Answer Average What four (4) things define the "average" patient? - Answer 1) 25 -40 yrs old 2) no pre -existing conditions 3) no tx complications 4) received timely/appropriate care Approximately how many injury descriptors are included in AIS? - Answer 2000 What part of the AIS code is considered the "Pre -Dot Code?" - Answer 6 digits BEFORE the decimal point (left) What part of the AIS code is considered the "AIS Severity Number?" - Answer single digit after the d ecimal (right) (T/F) The 6 digit pre -dot codes are unique and allow for more specificity and accurate coding? - Answer TRUE The first digit in the pre -dot code corresponds to what? - Answer Body Region The second digit in the pre -dot code correspo nds to what? - Answer Type of anatomic structure (skeletal, solid organ) The third/fourth digits in the pre -dot code correspond to what? - Answer Specific anatomic structure (femur) The fifth/sixth digits in the pre -dot code correspond to what? - Answer Level of injury within the specific body region and anatomic structure (NFS, minor, major) Parenthesis in the AIS dictionary indicate what? - Answer synonyms or definitions for injury types Brackets in the AIS dictionary indicate what? - Answer inclusionary/exclusionary info, OIS Grades Boxed bold type in the AIS dictionary indicates what? - Answer directions to help coder choose appropriate code Semicolons in the AIS dictionary indic ate what? - Answer separate injury descriptors that are comparable in severity
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