CCMA Review (2021)

Front

If your symptom is pyrexia, what do you most likely have?

Back

an infection

Front

Why is blood culture first in order of draw?

Back

to prevent contamination from other tubes

Front

How many leads are placed on a patient with a holter monitor?

Back

5

Front

What can cause a person to aphasic or dysphasic? Options: diabetic emergency, cardiac arrest, stroke, fractured ankle

Back

stroke

Front

Why would you give a patient an emetic medication?

Back

ingestion of poison

Front

What is pediculosis?

Back

lice

Front

If you schedule patient's by condition, you use what type of scheduling?

Back

cluster scheduling

Front

A patient is seen in an urgent care center for a laceration to the left foot. The provider evaluates the injury, determined sutures are not needed, applies a dressing and releases the patient. Which level of examination should a medical assistant use for the procedural coding for this visit? Options: comprehensive exam, follow up exam, problem focused exam, rectal exam

Back

problem focused exam

Front

Which of the following EKG artifacts is caused by a disconnected electrode and results in the tracing going into the margins of the paper? wandering baseline, interrupted baseline , static , missing p wave

Back

interrupted baseline

Front

Which of the following instruments would an orthopedic exam require? goniometer, speculum, geiger counter, otoscope

Back

goniometer