Certified Professional Coder CPC® Practice Exam
Certified Professional Coder CPC® Practice Exam
The certified Professional Coder (CPC) exam has been designed to attain CPC certification for healthcare as the gold standard for physician-based medical coding. CPC exam is a test of medical coding proficiency consisting of 150 multiple-choice questions that assess 17 areas of knowledge. This program, designed by the creators of the CPC exam, will ensure to receive an effective and comprehensive education covering the proper use of all medical code sets you will encounter on the exam. In order to complete the course successfully following must be fulfilled -
- Attempt all required assignments
- Passing score of 70% or higher on all chapter exams
- Passing score of 70% or higher on the final exam
- Overall final course score of 70% or higher
Who should take the CPC Exam?
Candidates who have trained with AAPC to become a medical coder have substantial medical coding experience with the opportunity to gain certification by registering for the CPC test. Passing the CPC exam elevates earning potential by greater than $20,000 above annual salaries for persons without AAPC's medical coding certification.
Prerequisites for taking Certified Professional Coder CPC®Exam
It is strongly recommended to have knowledge of medical terminology and anatomy (or AAPC courses). Also if you do not have 2 years of work experience before taking the CPC exam, you will receive a CPC-A credential after passing. The “A” stands for apprentice. Once you submit proof of 2 years of coding work experience, you can have the apprentice status removed from your credential. The Career Step program satisfies one of the two years required.
Course Structure
Certified Professional Coder CPC® covers the following topics -
- The Business of Medicine
- Review of Anatomy
- Overview of ICD-10-CM
- Applying the ICD-10-CM Guidelines
- Accurate ICD-10-CM Coding
- Introduction to CPT®
- HCPCS Level II, and Modifiers
- Integumentary System
- Musculoskeletal System
- Respiratory System
- Cardiovascular System
- Hemic & Lymphatic Systems, Mediastinum, Diaphragm
- Digestive System
- Urinary System and Male Genital System
- Female Reproductive System and Maternity Care & Delivery
- Endocrine System and Nervous System
- Special Senses (Ocular and Auditory)
- Anesthesia
- Radiology
- Pathology & Laboratory
- Evaluation & Management Services
- Medicine
Course Objectives
- Identify the purpose of the CPT®
- ICD-10-CM, and HCPCS Level II code books
- Understand and apply the official ICD-10-CM coding guidelines
- Apply coding conventions when assigning diagnoses and procedure codes
- Identify the information in appendices of the CPT® code book
- Explain the determination of the levels of E/M services
- Code a wide variety of patient services using CPT®
- ICD-10-CM, and HCPCS Level II codes
- List the major features of HCPCS Level II codes
- Provide practical application of coding operative reports and evaluation and management services
Exam Pattern
- Exam Name: Certified Professional Coder
- Exam Code: CPC®
- Awarding Body: AAPC
- Total Questions: 15 Questions
- Type of Questions: All Multiple Choice Questions
- Exam Duration: 5 ½ hours
- Passing Score: 70%
- Prerequisite: 2 years of work experience
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- Full-Length Mock Test with unique questions in each test set
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- In-depth and exhaustive explanation for every question
- Reliable exam reports to evaluate strengths and weaknesses
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What are our Practice Exams?
- Practice exams have been designed by professionals and domain experts that simulate real time exam scenario.
- Practice exam questions have been created on the basis of content outlined in the official documentation.
- Each set in the practice exam contains unique questions built with the intent to provide real-time experience to the candidates as well as gain more confidence during exam preparation.
- Practice exams help to self-evaluate against the exam content and work towards building strength to clear the exam.
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