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Here are Top ten CPC Exam Tips. Get to Know more with this tips and pass your CPC Exam.
Top Ten CPC Exam Tips
1. Do Not Panic! If you have prepared your manuals for easy exam reference and can pass timed practice exams you are ready!
2. Know the guidelines!
3. Know where everything is located in your manuals and tab them for easy access including adding any relevant notes in each section throughout the manuals such as: index, tabular, E code index, neoplasms, Category ll or lll codes, anatomy pictures, E/M, table of drugs and chemicals, appendixes for modifiers or vascular families just to name a few examples.
4. Pay attention to scenario specifics circling each term that may be relevant to choosing the correct codes on a quick read through such as: new or established patient, inpatient or outpatient for place of service, and the type of service received; routine, preventative, emergency, observation, after-care or follow-up, acute or chronic, closed or open, technical or professional, global or critical for examples.
5. For exam purposes only skip referencing the index before the tabular in most exam questions only to save time when comparing the code choices given.
6. Be sure what is included or excluded in procedure codes such as anesthesia, contrast, injections, stents, image guidance, closure etc.
7. Pay attention to code specifics: 4th and 5th digits, includes, excludes, anatomic sites, age, sequencing, anesthesia, bilateral or unilateral, modifiers, add-ons, use additional, see also, code also, code first or any other special coding directions from the guidelines or from specific chapters.
8. The exam is broken into sections so start with the sections that are easiest for you or short sections like anatomy, terminology, compliance or HCPCS where you use only your knowledge or just one manual to complete the section.
9. 3 HINTS: eliminate codes that appear in every answer, look at modifiers, sequencing mistakes.
10. There are many different questions that may be asked on the exams this was my personal list of things I felt I needed to know how to code properly for exam preparation:
• Abortion/ pregnancy/ childbirth
• Adjacent tissue transfers/ grafts/ lacerations
• Anemia
• Anesthesia
• Asthma/ bronchitis/ COPD
• Burns
• Category ll and lll
• Catheters
• Chemotherapy
• Complications/ malfunctions
• Diabetes/ types/ secondary/ insulin
• E-codes/ accident/ injury/ poison
• E/M levels/consults/ referrals/ stand-by/ critical/ optical
• CKD/ ESRD/ Dialysis
• Fractures
• Heart disease/ MI/ pacemakers
• History/ personal/ family
• HIV/ AIDS
• Impending/ threatened/ uncertain
• Injections/ immunizations
• Late effects
• Lesions
• Lung/ Spine/ Thyroid/ segments, lobes, interspaces
• Modifiers
• Mohs
• Neoplasms/ secondary/ malignant or benign
• Panels/ specimens
• Signs and symptoms
• SIRS/ septicemia
• Ulcers, stages
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Here are Top ten CPC Exam Tips. Get to Know more with this tips and pass your CPC Exam.
Top Ten CPC Exam Tips
1. Do Not Panic! If you have prepared your manuals for easy exam reference and can pass timed practice exams you are ready!
2. Know the guidelines!
3. Know where everything is located in your manuals and tab them for easy access including adding any relevant notes in each section throughout the manuals such as: index, tabular, E code index, neoplasms, Category ll or lll codes, anatomy pictures, E/M, table of drugs and chemicals, appendixes for modifiers or vascular families just to name a few examples.
4. Pay attention to scenario specifics circling each term that may be relevant to choosing the correct codes on a quick read through such as: new or established patient, inpatient or outpatient for place of service, and the type of service received; routine, preventative, emergency, observation, after-care or follow-up, acute or chronic, closed or open, technical or professional, global or critical for examples.
5. For exam purposes only skip referencing the index before the tabular in most exam questions only to save time when comparing the code choices given.
6. Be sure what is included or excluded in procedure codes such as anesthesia, contrast, injections, stents, image guidance, closure etc.
7. Pay attention to code specifics: 4th and 5th digits, includes, excludes, anatomic sites, age, sequencing, anesthesia, bilateral or unilateral, modifiers, add-ons, use additional, see also, code also, code first or any other special coding directions from the guidelines or from specific chapters.
8. The exam is broken into sections so start with the sections that are easiest for you or short sections like anatomy, terminology, compliance or HCPCS where you use only your knowledge or just one manual to complete the section.
9. 3 HINTS: eliminate codes that appear in every answer, look at modifiers, sequencing mistakes.
10. There are many different questions that may be asked on the exams this was my personal list of things I felt I needed to know how to code properly for exam preparation:
• Abortion/ pregnancy/ childbirth
• Adjacent tissue transfers/ grafts/ lacerations
• Anemia
• Anesthesia
• Asthma/ bronchitis/ COPD
• Burns
• Category ll and lll
• Catheters
• Chemotherapy
• Complications/ malfunctions
• Diabetes/ types/ secondary/ insulin
• E-codes/ accident/ injury/ poison
• E/M levels/consults/ referrals/ stand-by/ critical/ optical
• CKD/ ESRD/ Dialysis
• Fractures
• Heart disease/ MI/ pacemakers
• History/ personal/ family
• HIV/ AIDS
• Impending/ threatened/ uncertain
• Injections/ immunizations
• Late effects
• Lesions
• Lung/ Spine/ Thyroid/ segments, lobes, interspaces
• Modifiers
• Mohs
• Neoplasms/ secondary/ malignant or benign
• Panels/ specimens
• Signs and symptoms
• SIRS/ septicemia
• Ulcers, stages
Read More Information about CPC Exam Tips
Medical Coding Certification Exam – Study CPC Exam Tips – Video
AAPC – Tips for Taking an AAPC Certification Exam
The post Top Ten CPC Exam Tips appeared first on [CCO] Medical Coding.
Continue reading...