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On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 6:09 PM, M.C. wrote:
Hello Laureen, My name is M.C. I am currently enrolled in a Medical Billing/Coding program I will be done sometime in May 2012. I am really interested in the coding part of it. I will be NHA certified once I am done this course but I also want to be CPC certified. I am currently taking up ICD9, CPT4, and HCPCS courses but i dont think i will be ready for [...]
Good Morning
This future of CPC credentialing has come to my attention this morning. I am near a state of full-blown panic attack. My name is Alicia, and have taken the CPC once did not pass. My expiration date is Sept 2012 for my free retake.
Now, I have to pay 35$ for 20 clinical exam senarios, non-multiple choice.
Take CPC 150 question exam and 20 question exam in the same 5.40 time [...]
If studying to become a health care professional or just a patient who overheard something weird, it can be confusing to hear some of the medical jargon that's going around. Everything from animal names to the suggestive can be used to describe a wide variety of medical lingo. To help you get a better idea, we have gathered just seven weird medical terms as well as what they mean.
Spastic colon [...]
Here is a common question I get this time of year so I thought I'd make a post out of it to be able to refer people to.
Hello LAUREEN,
THANK you very much for your time on the phone yesterday.
Right now i need to make up time due to the wrong direction of the correspondence school.
I am cutting my ties with them.I want to get on track with the correct materials right away.
I would like your choice [...]
Then RENT them!
Thanks for this tip goes to Brandi B. who says she rents her books and manuals to take the exam as cheaply as possible. She recommends:
www.chegg.com and
www.bookrenter.com/
I tried searching on "medical coding" and found lots of books I recommend all the time. Check it out! Thanks Brandi!
Tips to speed up flipping to codes faster in the manual to save time on the CPC exam?
Well for the ICD Manual, I’ll start with that. One of the frustrating things for me is I don’t think there’s any version of a manual out there that has the true Table of Contents. And most versions are volumes 1 and 2 and one spiral bound book. And if you’re into Inpatient Hospital Coding, you have [...]
How to do medical coding from an op report? Any tips?
Okay so what I did is I went out and I just Googled sample op reports. I’ve had a lot of feedback after these webinars and quite a few of you commented how you really liked me showing how I look up things and figure things out. So I’m going to try and be conscious of that more and share with you how I found things so you could kind of [...]
A medical student asked:
I just took a post test exam from my school and the areas that I got 70 and below is what I was told to study, they were:
80000 70%,
90000 70%,
Anatomy 50%,
Anesthesia 63%,
Coding Guidelines 67%,
ICD-9-CM 60%,
Medical Terminology 63%,
Practice Management 50%.
Any advice on what I should concentrate on first, or should I just go down the line and review each section?
Sure! [...]
A recent webinar atendee asked: Will the Blitz Videos work to help me pass the AHIMA CCS-P Exam too?
The answer: YES!
Watch the video...
Details Below:
In this webinar: among the questions asked:
* How does the CPC exam compare to the AAPC Online Final Exam?
* If I am certified, can I find a job without experience?
* What is the best way to prepare for an assessment test a future employer might request us to take?
* Help understanding when to use modifiers on a regular office visit
* Is there a preferred way to [...]
