CAISS Injury Coding Test Questions and Solutions, Exams of Advanced Education

A series of general test questions and complete solutions related to caiss (presumably, coding and abstraction injury severity score) standards. It covers a range of topics, including fracture coding, injury classification, and anatomical identification relevant to trauma scenarios. The questions address specific coding scenarios, such as coding palate injuries, identifying body parts associated with certain injuries (e.g., cecum injuries), and understanding the classification of fractures like malgaine's fracture. This material is useful for medical coders, trauma registrars, and students in health information management to enhance their knowledge and skills in injury coding and classification.

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CAISS General Test Questions
and Complete Solutions
Graded A+
FRACTURE - Answer: If palate injury is not specified as hard or soft, code as
Blood along the tentorium is coded to what? - Answer: Cerebrum
Laceration - Answer: Code Soft palate perforation to?
Fracture - Answer: Code hard palate perforation to?
Malgaine's Fracture is what type of injury? - Answer: pelvic, vertical shear, complete disruption of pelvic
ring
Acromium Fracture is coded as? - Answer: Scapula fracture NFS
Cecum injuries code to what body part? - Answer: Colon
If carotid artery injury is not specified, code to what artery? - Answer: common carotid
If jugular vein injury is not specified, what vein should it be coded to? - Answer: Internal Jugular
Pseudoaneurysm is coded as: - Answer: minor artery laceration
Morel Lavallee Lesion is what type of injury? - Answer: degloving of an extremity or internal shearing
Pterygoid plates are part of the ? bone - Answer: Sphenoid
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CAISS General Test Questions

and Complete Solutions

Graded A+

FRACTURE - Answer: If palate injury is not specified as hard or soft, code as Blood along the tentorium is coded to what? - Answer: Cerebrum Laceration - Answer: Code Soft palate perforation to? Fracture - Answer: Code hard palate perforation to? Malgaine's Fracture is what type of injury? - Answer: pelvic, vertical shear, complete disruption of pelvic ring Acromium Fracture is coded as? - Answer: Scapula fracture NFS Cecum injuries code to what body part? - Answer: Colon If carotid artery injury is not specified, code to what artery? - Answer: common carotid If jugular vein injury is not specified, what vein should it be coded to? - Answer: Internal Jugular Pseudoaneurysm is coded as: - Answer: minor artery laceration Morel Lavallee Lesion is what type of injury? - Answer: degloving of an extremity or internal shearing Pterygoid plates are part of the? bone - Answer: Sphenoid

An isolated injury to the Pterygoid plates is coded to what? - Answer: Skull Base A persistent air leak (442203.4) in the thorax last more than how many hours and is more severe than a simple pneumothorax? - Answer: 48 Intracardiac septum is also called what? - Answer: Intraventricular septum Is an abdominal serosal tear a full or partial thickness injury? - Answer: Partial thickness injury "Hip fracture" with no other description is coded as? - Answer: Proximal Femur Fracture (you can fracture a joint like a hip) Cecum injuries code to what body part? - Answer: Colon