CCMA EXAM STUDY GUIDE WITH QUESTIONS AND EXPERT SOLUTIONS

CELL STRUCTURES IS THE SOURCE OF ENERGY FOR A CELL? MITOCHONDIRA A MA IS TESTING A PATIENT'S VISUAL ACUITY USING A SNELLEN CHART. WHICH ACTIONS SHOULD MA TAKE? MAKE SURE THE PATIENT DOES NOT LEAN FOWARD DURING THE TEST. DURING A ROUTINE VENIPUNCTURE. THE PATIENT BECOMES PALE & DIAPHORETIC. WHAT CONDITION IS MOST LIKELY TO OCCUR IN THIS PATIENT? SYNCOPE A PATIENT CALLS THE CLINIC TO CANCEL A POSTOPERATIVE APPOINTMENT & STATES THAT SHE WILL RESCHEDULE AT A LATER DATE. FOR WHICH FOLLOWING REASONS SHOULD MA DOCUMENT THIS INFORMATION ON THE PATIENT'S CHART? TO PROVE THAT THE OFFICE WAS NOT NEGLIGENT WHEN COMPLETING DOCUMENTATION IN A PATIENT'S PAPER MEDICAL RECORD, A MA REALIZES SHE MADE AN ERROR. WHICH ACTIONS SHOULD MA TAKE? DRAW A LINE THROUGH THE ERROR & INITIAL IT WHICH ITEMS INCLUDED ON THE CMS-1500 CLAIM FORM SHOULD A MA RECOGNIZE AS INDICATING THE MEDICAL NECESSITY OF A PROCEDURE? DIAGNOSIS CODE WHICH TECHNIQUES SHOULD A MA USE TO CONFIRM A PATIENT'S UNDERSTANDING OF INSULIN ADMINISTRATION? OBSERVE THE PATIENT AS SHE PERFORMS A SELF-DEMONSTRATION A MA IS PREPARING A COMMUNITY RESOURCE LIBRARY. WHICH ACTIONS SHOULD MA TAKE 1ST? COMPILE A LIST OF LOCAL COMMUNITY AGENCIES A MA is disposing of the syringe and needle she used to inject a seasonal influenza vaccine Which of the following actions should the assistant take? DROP THE SYRINGE, NEEDLE FIRST, INTO THE BIOHAZARDS SHARP CONTAINER A MA IS PREPARING A PATIENT WHO HAS PSORIASIS TO BE EXAMINED BY THE PROVIDER. WHEN INSPECTING THE PATIENT'S SKIN LESIONS, THE MA SHOULD EXPECT TO OBSERVE WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING CHARACTERISTICS? SILVERY, SCALY