Q: Patient A sustains a gun shot wound to the head with greater than 2 cm penetration. What is the correct AIS code and to which body region is this assigned for ISS purposes? Patient B sustains a gun shot wound to the chest, into the pleural cavity but with no known lung or vessel involvement. What is the correct AIS code and to which body region is this assigned for ISS purposes?

Oct 1, 2005 | Chest | 1 comment

A: Patient A is coded 116004.5 and is assigned to the ISS Head region. Patient B is coded 416002.1 and is assigned to the ISS External region.

Penetrating injury codes listed under the Whole Area section of the dictionary are generally assigned to the External body region for ISS purposes. An exception is made for penetrating injuries to the head.
In AIS 2005 there is a new code for massive destruction of the whole face (216008.4) which is assigned to the Face region for ISS purposes although all the other penetrating codes for Face are assigned to the External body region for ISS purposes.

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  1. Chea won MIN
    Chea won MIN on 08/17/2021 at 6:47 pm

    Patient A sustains a stab wound to the thorax with 2.5cm, 2cm penetration combine pneumothorax.
    What is the correct AIS code ?

    Patient B fell and was injured 15 days ago, and has had breathing difficulties since 3 days ago.
    He was admitted to the hospital 15 days after the injury. The left lung was in total collapse and after chest tube insertion 1030cc drained for 19 hours. Can I coding 442201.4 ?

    And

    How can I coding “clavicle cartilage laceration”?
    penetrating injured due to Machine explosion.

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