NHA CCMA Questions with accurate answers, 2022/2023. Rated A

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NHA CCMA Questions with accurate answers, 2022/2023. Rated A Supine position - ✔✔When measuring a infant from head to heel. What exam position should you place the infant in? Infants 6 w... eeks who has a heart of 80/min - ✔✔What type of patient would you report to the provider if they had a low apical pulse? Confidentiality statement - ✔✔What statement do you provide to patients to be in compliance HIPPA? When you have symptoms - ✔✔4. What information do you need to provide to the patient when wearing a Holter monitor about marker? Educational material - ✔✔What information is acceptable to provide to the patient in the waiting room? Blade down, handle first - ✔✔What technique would be used when passing a scalpel to the provider during a sterile procedure? Pathology - ✔✔7. A patient being post-op status post left mastectomy. What information should you make sure is on the chart from hospital? Human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) - ✔✔What is the hormone detected in pregnancy test? Liquid nitrogen - ✔✔What is used in cryosurgery? CMS 1500 - ✔✔What is the universal claim for submited outpatient billing? Plan of care - ✔✔When reviewing a patient's chart after a visit. Where would you look in the chart to review medication dosage and instructions for the patient? American w/ Disability Act - ✔✔Where should you refer a non- ambulatory for, assistance with workplace accommodations? Tachycardia, Hypotension, Afebrile, Normal Respiration - ✔✔13. You have obtained the following vital signs from an adult patient: temperature 37.2 C (99. 0 F), heart rate 106/min, BP 89/50 mm Hg and respiratory rate of 18/min. What should document regarding the vital signs? Lithotomy Position - ✔✔What position should you place a patient for a pap smear? Immediately over the phone - ✔✔A urgent referral has been submitted to the insurance company. How long should the authorization process take? Dispose of in a biohazard container - ✔✔Your gloved hands come in contact with the patient's blood during a procedure. What action should you take? Semi-Fowler - ✔✔A patient has COPD and requires an abdominal exam. What position should you place the patient in to manage his/her respiratory status? Dr./Nurse Practitioner - ✔✔When working in an ambulatory care center with several other workers. Who is legally responsible for the medical assistant's actions? Patient & care giver relationship - ✔✔What should you recognize as a goal of patient- centered care? Alcoholism - ✔✔What is a risk factor for developing cirrhosis? 1 inch - ✔✔When setting a tray for a sterile procedure. How many inches are required to maintain a sterile field? Contusion - ✔✔What is a closed wound caused by blunt trauma that results in swelling, ecchymosis, and pain? Goniometers - ✔✔What device would you use to measure a patient's range of motion? Height & Weight - ✔✔What criteria is used to determine BMI? Red/Rare Meat - ✔✔25. What foods should you instruct a patient to refrain from eating prior to testing for fecal occult blood? Temperature - ✔✔What is a cause for a urine specimen to be rejected? PPE - ✔✔What items are employers required to provide based on OSHA's Bloodborne Pathogens standards for all employees? Vertigo - ✔✔What side effect can you expect from a patient following an ear irrigation? Brachial Artery - ✔✔What artery is primarily used for obtaining a manual blood pressure? National Provider Identification (NPI) - ✔✔What information is needed from a provider to complete the CMS-1500 form? Pialative - ✔✔when using antihistamines to treat allergies this is an example of what kind of care? 3-4 inches - ✔✔How many inches above the venipuncture site should the tourniquet be placed? Distilled water - ✔✔What solution is used in an autoclave for sterilization? Apply Even Pressre - ✔✔35. What action should you take when performing a capillary puncture? Have the parent to hold the child - ✔✔When performing a capillary puncture on a 10 month old patient. What action should you take? Post-op instructions - ✔✔A patient has had a cyst removed in the office. What information should be provided to the patient prior to leaving the office? 100 - ✔✔When performing CPR how many compressions should be done in a minute? Forehead - ✔✔Your patient requires a temporal temperature to be taken. Where should you take this temperature? Prevent contamination - ✔✔What is the purpose of the chain of custody for a drug screen? Chest - ✔✔Where are electrodes placed on the body for a holter monitor? The patient can see 20ft while the adverage eye sees 50 - ✔✔Patient's vision is 20/50 according to the Snellen chart. What does this mean? Break it down and start over - ✔✔You are setting up a tray for a sterile procedure and your co-worker reaches across it. What action should you take? Reduce fat intake - ✔✔When reinforcing teaching to a patient with a new diagnosis of hypercholesterolemia. What dietary changes should you instruct the patient to make? Run under water - ✔✔When sanitizing instruments using aseptic techniques. What actions should you take? Annually or when changes are made - ✔✔When should facilities review and update exposure control plans according to OSHA? 3 - ✔✔After how many years is a patient considered new in your practice for billing and coding reasons? Palpate - ✔✔What method of examination is used to observe deformities and rashes? Metabolism - ✔✔What pharmacokinetic process is primarily affected by liver dysfunction? After collecting the specimen - ✔✔During the phlebotomy procedure when should your patient's tubes be labeled? Listen & try to find out concerns - ✔✔A patient is visibly angry and does not want a venipuncture procedure. What action should you take to respond to the patient? Carotid Artery - ✔✔Before starting CPR on a patient where do you check for a pulse? Fungus - ✔✔Ringworm is classified as what kind of disease? Rhinoplasty - ✔✔Name a surgical reconstruction procedure. File an appeal or bill the patient - ✔✔A patient has a test performed that they requested, the patient has signed an ABN. After denial of payment from the insurance company is received, What action should you take? CDC - ✔✔A parent has questions regarding mandatory immunizations for their child. What agency should you refer them to? Close the specimen in front of the patient - ✔✔When obtaining a urine drug screen from a patient following a work-related injury. What action should you take? Nose - ✔✔When performing an infuenza test, Where do you obtain your sample from? Trendelenburg - ✔✔What position should you place a patient with a dangerously low blood pressure? STD's - ✔✔When assisting with obtaining a Papanicolaou sample, What information do you need to note? Supralilac - ✔✔What area is used to measure for body fat? Name & Date of Birth - ✔✔What information should you obtain from a patient before administering medication, based on the rights of medication? Seal the specimen in front of the patient - ✔✔What action should you take to comply with the chain of custody during a drug screen? Double booking - ✔✔When patients are scheduled for the same time and seen in the order in which they arrive. What type of scheduling is this? Friction & Soap - ✔✔What actions are needed for effective hand washing? Clean Perineal - ✔✔What action should you take when collecting a urine specimen from a 3 month old female patient, before applying the urine collection bag? Right Atrium - ✔✔In what chamber of the heart will you find the sinoatrial node? UA - ✔✔A patient comes into the office reporting dysuria and side pain. What lab work should anticipate your provider to order? Purchase Order - ✔✔What form is needed in order to order supplies for your facility? Distribution - ✔✔When medication moves from the site of administration into the body what is it called? Mainterm - ✔✔Which part of the diagnostic statement should you use when searching in the alphabetical index Subjective - ✔✔A patient coming into the office for a visit and reports having a throbbing headache and a family history of migraines. Where would you document this in the chart? Get out debris to relieve inflammation - ✔✔What is a reason for performing an eye irrigation? Expiration Date & Lot Number - ✔✔You have given your patient an influenza vaccination. What information needs to be documented in the patient's chart? Sterile Indicators - ✔✔What is needed to process instruments for sterilization in an autoolave? X-Ray - ✔✔A patient has been scheduled for an orthopaedic consultation. What health record would you send with the patient? Intromuscular (IM) - ✔✔What medication route can be used for local or systemic indications? Figure 8 - ✔✔What technique is used when applying an ace bandage to a patient's injured ankle? Lavender - ✔✔What color tube would you use when performing a capillary puncture on an infant? Clean/Restock - ✔✔What actions should you take to prepare your exam rooms for patients? Second digit - ✔✔What digit should you use for capillary punctures? Glucose - ✔✔A patient is experiencing hypoglycemic. What medication should you give the patient? Can't disclose that information because of HIPPA - ✔✔The partner of your patient comes in angry demanding to know what their spouse was seen for. How would you handle this situation? Softening of the bones/Vitamin D Deficiency - ✔✔What is osteomalacia? Taking a shower/Getting ot wet - ✔✔When reinforcing instructions to a patient wearing a holter monitor. What activity should the patient avoid? [Show More]

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