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Taking the cosc exam this saturday...wondering if anyone has taken it this year and how is it broken down?...example...10% spine,10% shoulder, 10% knee,10% fxs,10 % foot and ankle and etc
 
as far as i can remember no, there is no consistency, aapc does not even follow the cpt book for that matter. they do however cover pretty much everything that could be done in an ortho practice, including the spine
 
ok thx...took the practicum again and did well got 65 out of 75 right! so i hope i can duplicate that twice on the real exam!!!
 
i took it, it has a lot of spine and hip ops the killer however is the dx coding make sure you focus on those a good bit i got fustrated with them as they assigned 5 to 6 diff dx codes in diff orders i failed by 2 points because i just guessed on some of them and didnt take the time to look them up properly

good luck
 
Did anyone else take the cosc on 4/17/2010 and gotten there results yet? Took the the test with my boss (cirrc) and she got her results but havnt gotten mine?
 
Sorry to say i fail my cosc exam...got a 68 miss it by 2 pts....:(....they said i need work on my e/m dx section of the test..so i know what to do now...
 
i think it is just a plot, i missed by one point and i do remember a lot of coding inconsistencies; and answers that were not right at all :rolleyes:
 
i have not taken the CCS, only the CCS-P and let me tell you if you buy one of the guides out there you are going to be okay. ahima has a very resourceful website with a lot of postings related to either ccs or ccs-p
 
I missed it by 6 points the first go round and 2 the second i think you may be right that it is a ploy to get more money. they told me that they could not tell me what area i needed to work on as the cosc exam didnt do that yet they just give you a score how messed up is that i have no clue what i did wrong or if it was even wrong for that matter
 
dont feel bad at all, you know your stuff. i am planning on taking the test for the second time before 2010 is over. it gets to be disappointing because i have never taken a test twice you know?
 
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well to any consolation...i was told that the cosc is the hardest of the specialty...so when we do pass it it will mean something...
 
I'm in Maine and I've passed the COSC test. I think it was the most difficult test I've taken in my entire life....but I passed. :)
 
thats funny !! i am from bangor..class of 78 bangor high school.....living in the portland area after 8 in years in boston..got my coding training at beth israel-deaconness...now working for a hospital in portland
 
Sorry to hear about your results. Take advantage of your freebie retake, though, and try to remain positive. I only passed with a 77 so I can appreciate how hard the exam was. I had an especially difficult time with the E/M leveling because I code primarily surgeries. The spine was tough, too. Keep your chin up!!!!
 
congratulation!! that was a tough test! miss it by 2 pts...will be taking it again in july...was going to take my gastroenterology specialty on that day but need to pass the cosc first..like you i do all surgeries,ortho,gastro,neurology,plastic repairs, urology,eyes/nose/ears/ throat, and observations,,,but no e/m...aapc did say i needed to work on that for the cosc and a liittle better on the dx...be honest i thought the dx 's was the hardest part of the test...lotsa of gray area...
 
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