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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 [...]
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! [...]
So you have a long question in front of you during your CPC exam. How do you break these long questions into key points? This video explains...
As a I am often asked as a medical coding teacher how to have confidence to pass the cpc exam- especially if you have failed before.
Here's a video explaining my coaching for people who just might be in "overwhelm" mode when it comes to taking their own exam.
PS: There's a great tip at the end of the video regarding surgery questions on the board exam.
The CPC test consists of a total of 150 Multiple Choice Questions which cover almost all of the areas that a medical coder has to be acquainted with. There are a total of sixteen different topics from where the questions come and the number of questions from each topic is fixed. The topic with the highest weightage is medical terminology which has 13 MCQs in the paper. As knowledge about medical terminology [...]
A CPC exam or a Certified Professional Coder exam is one that is taken by a medical coder in order to certify his skills in the field. However, not anyone can go and become a certified coder as there are certain criteria that you need to follow in order to be eligible. You need to have a minimum of a two year experience in the field if you have not taken any coding course. However if you have completed [...]
Medical Coding Certification Preparation Videos Medical Coders make on average 7k more per year when they are certified. These videos are jam packed with all a candidate needs to know to pass the national 5.5 hour Certified Professional Coder exam (cpc Exam). By Laureen Jandroep,CPC, Sr. Instructor. Find Out More
Question: Hi, I'm a stay at home mom wanting to get back into the work force. I'm interested in getting certified as a coder. But I have no background experience in this field at all. My question is...what is the job prospect for a CPCs? And since I have no experience in this field can anyone take the exam? Thank you in advance for your assistance.
Answer:
Thanks for your question about [...]
Medical Coding Certification Exam (CPC Exam) Time Management Tips
I've been teaching medical coding and preparing students for coding certification since 1999. Many coding certification prospects that have come to my review class have said they took a medical coding course, attended a coding certification boot camp etc. and still did not pass the CPC exam. For those students it is no longer a matter [...]
