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Download CAISS 2 | 299 Questions with verified Answers 100% correct | LATEST 2024/2025 and more Exams Nursing in PDF only on Docsity! 1 / 16 CAISS 2 | 299 Questions with verified Answers 100% correct | LATEST 2024/2025 1. 3 portions of the temporal bone--Answer-- squamous (vault) mastoid (base) petrous (base) 2. The lamina papyracea is part of the______.--Answer-- medial wall of the orbit 3. The iris, choroid, and ciliary body belong to the_______.--Answer-- Uvea (part of the eye) 4. The salivary gland includes what 3 additional glands?--Answer-- parotid submandibular sublingual 5. If vessel injury is described only as "dissection" and there is no disruption, code to .--Answer-- intimal tear, no disruption 6. "Scattered" lung contusions or lacerations should be coded as .--Answer-- unilateral or bilateral NFS 7. Cecum injuries are included with codes.--Answer-- colon 8. Acromion fractures are coded as .--Answer-- 2 / 16 scapula fracture NFS 9. Malgaigne's fracture is what type of injury?--Answer-- pelvic, vertical shear (complete disruption of pelvic ring) 10. For hypothermia, do you round up? or down? when coding-- Answer-- neither, code to whole number only 11. Is Asphyxia a codable sequela?--Answer-- Yes 12. "blood along tentorium" codes to .--Answer-- cerebrum 13. Code soft palate perforation as .--Answer-- laceration 14. Code hard palate perforation as .--Answer-- fracture 15. If palate is not specified as soft or hard, code as_____.--Answer-- fracture 16. If carotid artery injury is not specified, what artery should it be coded to?--Answer-- common carotid 17. If jugular vein injury is not specified, what vein should it be coded to?--Answer-- in- ternal jugular 18. What joint is rotator cuff injury assigned to?--Answer-- glenohumeral joint (shoulder) 5 / 16 37. What are cauda equina lacerations coded as?--Answer-- cauda equina contusion 38. What are named ligament injuries in the upper extremity coded as?--Answer-- sprain in the associated joint 39. T/F Electrical injury w/cardiac arrest documented by medical personnel includes documentation from EMS or pre-hospital personnel.--Answer-- True 40. Hole, break, or opening made through entire thickness of a membrane, wall or tissue of an organ or structure of the body.-- Answer-- perforation 41. Breaking open or bursting to forcibly disrupt tissue resulting in a hole, break or opening with stellate edges or devitalized/fragmented tissue, made through entire thickness of membrane or other tissue of an organ or struc- ture.--Answer-- rupture 42. What are GSW with missile "lodged in" bone coded as?--Answer-- open fracture 43. T/F LOC codes may be used even in the absence of a diagnoses of "concussion" as long as the LOC is documented by a physician or APP.--Answer-- True 44. Any penetrating injury involving the brain stem should be coded to 6 / 16 , no matter how many other regions of the brain are also involved.--Answer-- brain stem, penetrating injury (140216.6) 45. What is the surgical neck of the humerus coded to?--Answer-- proximal humerus - extra articular (751151.2) 46. What is the general structure of the chapters in the AIS dictionary?--Answer-- whole area vessels nerves internal organs skeletal 47. What additional section does the head chapter have in the AIS dictionary?- --Answer-- concussion 48. What additional sections does the upper/lower extremity chapters have in the AIS dictionary?--Answer-- muscle, tendon, ligaments joints 49. Represents AIS coding rules and conventions--Answer-- boxed and bold text 50. Denotes inclusive or exclusive information?--Answer-- brackets 51. Includes synonyms or occasionally, non-clinical terms--Answer-- parentheses 7 / 16 52. Separates injury descriptors that are comparable in severity-- Answer-- semicolons 53. Identifies an anatomical structure--Answer-- bold type 54. Used for proper-named anatomical structures or injuries, and for OIS grades--Answer-- italics 55. What system used if the coder requires further degrees of injury specifici- ty?--Answer-- localizers 56. How many digits could the full post-dot code be for coder's using the localizer system?--Answer-- five 57. What are the 2 components of the localizer system?-- Answer-- localizer 1 (L1) localizer 2 (L2) 58. includes any injury to an intracranial vessel resulting in its occlusion (e.g. intimal tear, dissection)--Answer-- thrombosis 59. What is the coding guideline when an internal carotid artery injury includes carotid-cavernous fistula?--Answer-- code the carotid- cavernous fistula only, do not code the internal carotid artery injury separately 60. What body region is the intraorbital segment of the optic nerve (cranial nerve II) coded to?--Answer-- face 10 / 16 no following of commands (GCS 1-2-5=8 or less) 79. T/F If chemical paralysis or sedation preclude GCS evaluation, then diag- nosis of coma can not be made.--Answer-- True 80. What is ossicular chain? What body region does it code to?-- Answer-- ear bone face 81. Globe injuries are coded to___in the___body region.--Answer-- sclera face 82. Is bilateral maxilla injuries code together? or separate?--Answer-- together, code as one injury 83. What structure is orbital roof coded to?--Answer-- skull base 84. Tripod and malar fractures are included with fractures.--Answer-- zygo- ma 85. What body regions include the vagus nerve? (cranial nerve X)-- Answer-- head or neck chest abdomen 86. What structure includes the thyroid and cricoid cartilage?-- Answer-- larynx 87. If esophagus or trachea injury site is unknown, do you code to the neck? or the chest?--Answer-- neck 11 / 16 88. The innominate artery is also known as the artery and is coded to the body region.--Answer-- brachiocephalic chest 89. What 2 body regions is the vena cava included in?-- Answer-- superior - chest inferior - chest & abdomen 90. T/F Bilateral iliac artery NFS, bilateral is for common iliac artery only.--Answer-- True (not for internal or external) 91. What 3 abdominal arteries are coded to "other named arteries"--Answer-- hepatic renal splenic 92. What organ is retrohepatic vena cava coded under?--Answer-- liver 93. What 3 organs does duct involvement include?-- Answer-- gallbladder liver pancreas 94. What's another term for large bowel?--Answer-- colon 95. How do you code a single duct injury involving multiple organs?-- Answer-- only code 1 of the organs 96. How do you code separate duct injuries involving multiple organs?--Answer-- assign each injury to appropriate organ 12 / 16 97. When to use the "rupture" for organ injuries?--Answer-- only when a more detailed descriptor is not available. 98. Are coexisting injuries to the spinal cord and the vertebral column coded separately? or together?--Answer-- together - code as single injury and assign only one AIS code 99. T/F When a spinal cord injury is continuous only the highest level is coded.--Answer-- True 100. T/F When the spinal cord is injured in more than one region and the injuries are separate and distinct, then only code the highest level.--Answer-- False - code all injuries 101. Paralysis is coded according to its status at hours.- -Answer-- 24 (if pt dies before 24hrs, code status at time of death) 102. SCIWORA should be coded as .--Answer-- cord contusion, NFS 103. SCIWORA is most attributed to the spine.-- Answer-- cervical 104. whiplash is coded as .--Answer-- cervical strain 105. Plexus contusion is also known as .--Answer- - stretch injury 15 / 16 cruciate ligament 125. What should a diagnosis of "ankle fracture" with no further detail be coded as?--Answer-- leg fracture, NFS (852002.2) 126. What area of the femur is a subtrochanteric fracture coded to?-- Answer-- shaft 127. What descriptor should be used if the specific anatomic location of a bimalleolar fracture is not know?--Answer-- fibula fracture, NFS (854441.2) 128. The posterior arch of the pelvis includes_______, , and .--Answer-- 1) sacrum 2) SI joints & their ligaments 3) posterior ilium 129. The anterior arch of the pelvis includes and__.- --Answer-- 1) pubic rami 2) symphyseal joint 130. Type of pelvic fracture, not involving the posterior arch; pelvic floor intact and able to withstand normal physiological stresses without displacement.--Answer-- - stable 131. Type of pelvic fracture where posterior osteoligamentous integrity par- tially maintained and pelvic floor intact.--Answer-- 16 / 16 partially stable 132. Type of pelvic fracture that includes complete loss of posterior osteoliga- mentous integrity; pelvic floor disrupted--Answer-- unstable 133. A clinical diagnosis of a pelvic fracture made by detecting obvious insta- bility is acceptable for AIS coding (if pt dies before radiology and no autopsy is performed) and should be coded as .-- Answer-- pelvic ring fracture, NFS (856100.2) 134. T/F A pelvic fracture with complete disruption of the posterior arch is considered stable.--Answer-- False - it's unstable 135. Is a pelvic fracture with vertical instability considered PARTIALLY UNSTA- BLE or UNSTABLE?--Answer-- unstable 136. A pelvic fracture with bilateral, complete pelvic floor disruption is consid- ered .--Answer-- unstable 137. Is a unilateral "open book" pelvic fracture considered UNSTABLE or PARTIALLY STABLE?--Answer-- partially stable 138. A unilateral, lateral compression pelvic fracture is considered .--Answer-- partially stable 139. Is a transverse fracture of the sacrum and coccyx considered STABLE or PARTIALLY STABLE?--Answer-- stable 17 / 16 140. What type of fracture is an innominate bone avulsion fracture?--Answer-- stable pelvic fracture 141. Is a pelvic fracture with the posterior arch intact considered PARTIALLY STABLE or STABLE?--Answer-- stable 142. Use the pelvic ring fracture, posterior arch intact; isolated fracture not destroying the integrity of the pelvic ring, if the fracture is_________.--Answer-- - stable 143. Use pelvic ring fracture, incomplete disruption of posterior arch, if the fracture is .--Answer-- partially or vertically stable 144. Use pelvic ring fracture, complete disruption of posterior arch and pelvic floor, if the fracture is .--Answer-- unstable 145. How to code burns ONLY described as combined degrees? (e.g. 15% first and second degree)--Answer-- code to most severe 146. When burns occur in varying degrees, which type of burns are always coded separately from the others?--Answer-- first degree 147. How to code burns when the second degree and third degree are <10%?- --Answer-- separately 148. How to code burns when the combined second and third degree 20 / 16 178. common carotid artery--Answer-- neck 179. external carotid arteryIn--Answer-- face and neck 180. internal carotid artery--Answer-- head and neck 181. chordae tendineae--Answer-- chest (heart strings) 182. collateral ligament--Answer-- lower extremity 183. cricoid cartilage--Answer-- neck (larynx) 184. diaphragm--Answer-- chest 185. esophagus--Answer-- neck - above sternal notch chest - below sternal notch 186. facial nerve--Answer-- head 187. lateral malleolus--Answer-- fibula 188. median nerve--Answer-- upper extremity 189. nerve root--Answer-- spine (cervical, thoracic, lumbar) 190. optic nerve--Answer-- 1) head - intracranial/intracanalicular segment 2) face - intraorbital segment 191. ossicular chain--Answer-- face (ear bone) 192. pharynx--Answer-- neck 193. pituitary gland--Answer-- head 21 / 16 194. pons--Answer-- head (brain stem) 195. rectum--Answer-- abdomen 196. sacral plexus--Answer-- spine (nerve root) 197. saggital sinus--Answer-- head (superior longitudinal sinus) 198. sciatic nerve--Answer-- lower extremity 199. septum--Answer-- chest (intracardiac septum) 200. spinal accessory nerve--Answer-- head 201. trachea--Answer-- 1) neck - above sternal notch 2) chest - below sternal notch 202. vena cava--Answer-- 1) abdomen - inferior 2) thorax - superior (and thoracic portion of inferior) 203. vagus nerve--Answer-- abdomen head neck thorax 204. vertebral artery--Answer-- head & neck 205. vitreous--Answer-- face (eye) 206. What GCS is considered unconsciuos?--Answer-- <8 or 8 if = (1- eye, 2-verbal, 5-motor only) 207. The lateral extension of the spine of the scapula--Answer-- acromium 208. A sac formed by the dilation of the wall of the vessel or heart-- 22 / 16 Answer-- aneurysm 209. refers to the arm, or any arm-like process--Answer-- brachial 210. Acute compression of the heart caused by increased intra- pericardial pressure due to collection of blood or fluid in the pericardium--Answer-- cardiac tam- ponade 211. Communication between an injured internal carotid artery and the cav- ernous sinus or the orbital veins--Answer-- carotid cavernous fistula 212. A bony surface in the posterior skull formed by a portion of the basilar part of the occipital bone and the upper part by a part of the sphenoid bone--Answer-- clivus 213. Condition in which increased tissue pressure in a confined anatomical space causes decreased blood flow leading to ischemia and dysfunction of contained myoneural elements, marked by pain muscle weakness, sensory loss and palpable tenseness in the involved compartment--Answer-- compartment syn- drome 214. Abnormal motor movement reflecting brainstem disfunction, seen in some comatose patients, characterized by abnormal rigid extremity exten- sion; Also called "postering"--Answer-- decerebration 25 / 16 231. Fracture of the astagalus (talus), with detachment of the outer protecting edge--Answer-- shepherd's fracture 232. Complete fracture of the lower third of the radius with greenstick fracture of the lower third of the ulna--Answer-- skillern's fractures 233. what's another name for a torsion fracture?--Answer-- spiral fracture 234. A horseshoe shaped bone situated at the base of the tongue, just superior to the thyroid cartilage--Answer-- hyoid bone 235. paralysis of all four extremities, also called tetraplegia--Answer-- quadriplegia 236. forward displacement of one vertebra over another--Answer-- spondylolisthesis 237. Acute compression of the heart due to effusion of fluid in the outer layer (pericardium) of the heart or collection of blood in pericardium due to heart rupture or penetration.--Answer-- cardiac tamponade 238. How many vertebrae are there?--Answer-- 33 (7 cervical, 12 thoracic, 5 lumbar, 5 sacral, 4 coccygeal) 239. First cervical vertebra, ring of bone supporting skull--Answer-- atlas 26 / 16 240. 2nd cervical vertebrae with thick process (odontoid) around which 1st cervical vertebrae pivots--Answer-- axis 241. bone in lateral head of gastrocnemius muscle--Answer-- fabella (knee region) 242. The most medial of 4 bones of distal row of carpal bones in the wrist--Answer-- ha- mate bone (wrist region) 243. bone in the middle ossicle of chain in the middle ear--Answer-- incus (ear region) 244. small flat bones related to joints between phalanges or digits and metacarpal or metatarsal bones; include also 2 at knee--Answer-- sesamoid bones (hands/feet) 245. Forms posterior and posteroinferior part of the nasal septum-- Answer-- vomer (skull region) 246. If intracranial vessel is not named specifically, code as .--Answer-- vascular injury in head, NFS 120099.9 247. Includes any injury to a vessel resulting in its occlusion (e.g. intimal tear, dissection)--Answer-- thrombosis 248. What is the outermost layer? (meninge)--Answer-- dura mater 249. Meninge with no blood supply; middle layer--Answer-- arachnoid (resembles a spider web) 27 / 16 250. Inner membrane (meninge) that contains nerves and blood vessels to nourish cells.--Answer-- pia mater 251. What are the 6 intracranial arteries?--Answer-- 1) anterior cerebral 2) basilar 3) internal carotid 4) middle cerebral 5) posterior cerebral 6) vertebral 252. What are the 5 sinuses included under intracranial vessels in the head chapter?--Answer-- 1) cavernous 2) sigmoid 3) straight 4) superior longitudinal (saggital) sinus 5) transverse 253. What are the 2 categories of veins included under intracranial vessels?- --Answer-- 1) vein, major 2) vein, non-major 30 / 16 269. What 2 glands are included in neck region?--Answer-- 1) salivary gland 2) thyroid gland 270. What is the only bone in the neck region?--Answer-- hyoid 271. What are the 5 named arteries included in the chest region?-- Answer-- 1) aorta (also in abdominal region) 2) brachiocephalic (innominate) 3) coronary 4) pulmonary 5) subclavian 272. What 5 arteries are included in "other named arteries" of the chest?--Answer-- 1) bronchial 2) esophageal 3) intercostal 4) internal 5) mammary 273. What are the 4 named veins included in the chest region?-- Answer-- 1) brachio- cephalic (innominate) 2) pulmonary 3) subclavian 31 / 16 4) superior vena cava (also thoracic portion of inferior) 274. The following VEINS are coded to what area, in the chest region? azygos, bronchial, esophageal, hemiazygos, intercostal, internal jugular, inter- nal mammary--Answer-- other named veins 275. T/F Clinically diagnosed rib fractures in surviving patients are never coded (must be substantiated radiologically).--Answer-- True 276. T/F For pts who died before radiology, and no autopsy is performed, a clinical diagnoses of multiple rib fxs made by detecting thoracic cage instability is acceptible for AIS coding.--Answer-- True - multiple rib fractures NFS 450210.2 277. What are the 4 named arteries included in the abdomen?-- Answer-- 1) aorta (also included in chest region) 2) celiac 3) iliac (common, internal, external) 4) superior mesenteric 278. What are the 3 veins included in the abdomen?--Answer-- 1) iliac (common) 2) iliac (internal, external) 32 / 16 3) vena cava (inferior) 279. What 4 veins are included in "other named veins" of the abdomen?--Answer-- 1) portal 2) renal 3) splenic 4) superior mesenteric 280. What are the names of the 2 named arteries included in the upper extrem- ity section?--Answer-- 1) axillary artery 2) brachial artery 281. What are the names of the 2 named veins included in the upper extremity section?--Answer-- 1) axillary vein 2) brachial vein 282. What are the 4 nerves included in the upper extremity section?-- Answer-- 1) digital 2) median 3) radial 4) ulnar 283. Are ligaments in the extremities sections, coded as muscles or tendons?- --Answer-- tendons