The “Learn It” category represents resources that apply to those just learning about medical coding, seeking courses and training to prepare them for a career in medical coding.
Do You Have Free Medical Coding CEUS? Starting in 2024, we now offer 1 free CEU to anyone that attends our live monthly Q&A webinars. Read more here. If you need a bunch at once, you can join the CCO …
This is something I actually like to teach. I love to do CPC review classes with our local chapter. If you are looking at coming up upon an AAPC exam, look into your local chapter or other chapter surrounding your area and see if they offer CPC review because they really are very helpful. But this is actually something that people just don’t think about actually. They schedule, they go through their courses, they do whatever study it is to get ready for their exam and then they schedule the exam and then what’s next?
Coach Jennifer: Another question we had is wondering about a certification. We actually get questions quite often about certifications, what should they do next? We probably have some past webinars and ideas about this.
Q: “I am very interested in becoming a certified medical coder; however, I don’t know which certificate to study for. I have 34 years of outpatient hospital bill experience alone with some coding practice at a major hospital.”
That right there is awesome that they want to take all of that experience and get certified in that.
“I am presently retired and would like to get certified to do remote medical coding. Should I go for a CPC, COC, or CCS certification?”
A: We’re going to break down what each of those are.
CCO Education Director and Coach Alicia Scott, CPC, CPC-I, CRC One of the things we’ve learned here at Certification Coaching Organization (CCO) and also in the years that I’ve worked in medical coding is that people who want to get …
Quick Lineup of CCO Medical Billing and Coding Courses CCO September 2015 Lineup of Medical Billing and Coding Courses – Video This is just a quick lineup of all of our medical billing and coding courses. Just a little over …
Alicia: Oh, good, wound care. You guys, I really like wound care. You keep saying, “Is there anything you don’t like?” Yeah. I don’t like E/M leveling but wound care is really fascinating and I’ve wanted to for a while …
Q: [Lesion 10,000 Series] – I get confused when it comes to report per lesion and report number of lesions in the 10,000 series. Please help! A: OK. What I did was I just put together some information, went and …
Alicia: Q: [ICD-10 Subsequent Acute Myocardial Infarction] – This example comes from AAPC Quick Reference. I want to know why we need 2 codes. Is this only ICD-10 rule? A patient suffers an acute MI of the inferior wall 2 …
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This is something I actually like to teach. I love to do CPC review classes with our local chapter. If you are looking at coming up upon an AAPC exam, look into your local chapter or other chapter surrounding your area and see if they offer CPC review because they really are very helpful. But this is actually something that people just don’t think about actually. They schedule, they go through their courses, they do whatever study it is to get ready for their exam and then they schedule the exam and then what’s next?
