CAISS Data Quality & Registry Standards 4

Question 1

Which AIS edition is currently endorsed by AAAM and most US trauma registries for prospective injury coding?

Accepted Answer

AIS 2005 Update 2008

Answer

AIS 2005 Update 2008 (commonly called AIS 2008) is the most widely endorsed edition for US trauma registry coding.

Question 2

What is the term for the process of linking trauma registry records to vital statistics death records to improve outcome data?

Accepted Answer

Record linkage

Answer

Record linkage is the process of matching registry records to external databases such as death certificates to capture outcomes not available in hospital data.

Question 3

A registry audit finds that 15% of burn injury cases lack a recorded total body surface area (TBSA). This represents a deficiency in which data quality dimension?

Accepted Answer

Completeness

Answer

Missing required fields such as TBSA for burn cases represents a completeness deficiency in registry data quality.

Question 4

Under ACS trauma center verification standards, how frequently must a trauma registry undergo a formal data quality review?

Accepted Answer

Annually, at minimum

Answer

ACS standards require at minimum an annual formal review of trauma registry data quality as part of the performance improvement process.

Question 5

When a patient sustains injuries in a motor vehicle crash and is coded with multiple AIS scores, which scoring system uses the sum of the squares of the three highest AIS scores from different body regions?

Accepted Answer

ISS

Answer

The Injury Severity Score (ISS) is calculated as the sum of the squares of the three highest AIS scores from three different body regions.

(CAISS) Certified Abbreviated Injury Scale Specialist Practice Test

(CAISS) Certified Abbreviated Injury Scale Specialist Practice Test

CAISS Data Quality & Registry Standards 4