Injury Scaling
Uses and Techniques

Description

Topics covered: A brief history of injury scaling methods:  the Abbreviated Injury Scale, uses; coding rules and conventions; methods for assessing the multiply injury patient.  The course, which includes a total of 14 hours of classroom work, is divided into lectures and work sessions in which actual hospital charts are used for coding exercises.  The course does not teach how to use the ICD.  It is designed for those relatively new to AIS coding.

Objectives

• Understand the structure, organization and contents of the Abbreviated Injury Scale

• Abstract injury data

• Rule out information that is not codeable

• Distinguish between injuries and outcomes

• Apply injury coding rules and guidelines specific to each body region

• Apply rules for calculating the Injury Severity Score (ISS) for multiple body region injuries

Accreditation

The Emergency Nurses Association (ENA) has approved this program for 14.08 Continuing Education Contact Hours. American Health Information Management Association approved this course for 14 Continuing Education Credits for use in fulfilling their continuing education requirements.

Cancellation Policy

AAAM does not issue refunds for cancellations due to the high demand for course entry.
In the case of low attendance, AAAM does reserves the right to cancel any course, in which case refunds will be issued.