INJURY CODING MANUAL, 1980

The Injury Coding Manual is a medically accurate, concise and practical handbook for use by investigators trained in the various motor vehicle crash data collection systems under the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The handbook incorporates all revisions contained in the 1980 revision of the Abbreviated Injury Scale, as well as a glossary of commonly used medical terms and symbols, anatomical outlines and charts, and NASS coding conventions. Its twofold purpose is to standardize usage of the AIS and to improve the understanding of and appreciation for injury scaling as an integral component of motor vehicle crash investigation.

• Corporate Authors:

  Health and Safety Associates, Incorporated

  Morton Grove, IL  United States 

  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Petrucelli, E
  • STATES, J D
  • Huelke, D F
  • Hames, L N
• Publication Date: 1980-2

Media Info

• Pagination: 117 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Coding systems; Data collection; Definitions; Injuries; Manuals; Specialized training; Traffic crashes
• Uncontrolled Terms: Motor vehicle accidents
• Old TRIS Terms: Coding
• Subject Areas: Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00314368
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-805 298
• Contract Numbers: DOT-HS-8-02015
• Files: NTIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Aug 27 2002 12:00AM