I took the CPC exam but now taking the CPC-H can anyone tell me the type of questions that differ from CPC VERSUS CPC-H? I would like to study that area...i'm taking test in few days...thanks
I took my test of CPC-H on Nov 22, 2008. Awaiting Results now. You need to bring your 2008 ICD-9, CPT (AMA), and HCPCS. Tests consist of Medical Terminology(prefix, suffixes,etc
, ICD-9, CPT, HCPCS, Surgery, Anesthesia, E/M, Pathology, Radiology, Medicine, and Modifiers. It's 150 questions with lots of coding scenarios at self-pace as long as done with that 5 hours.
Some people finish fast, but I took my allowable time of 5 hours to make sure my answers were correct. CPC-H is the Hospital version, and it shows that it pays more than the CPC (when I looked at the career survey pay ranges),
CPC
The CPC® examination is designed to evaluate a
physician practice coder's knowledge of:
Section 1: Surgery and Modifiers
10000 (9), 20000 (10), 30000 (10),
40000 (10), 50000 (11), 60000 (10)
Section 2:
Evaluation and Management (10), Anesthesia (8),
Radiology (9), Laboratory and Pathology (10),
Medicine (10)
Section 3: Medical Concepts
Medical Terminology (8), Anatomy and Physiology
(8), ICD-9-CM (10), HCPCS (5), Coding Guidelines (6), Practice Management (6)
The CPC-H
Section 1: Medical Concepts
Medical Terminology (10), Anatomy (10), Coding
Guidelines (10), Payment Methodologies (15),
Compliance (5)
Section 2:
Code Assignment ICD-9-CM Vols 1 & 2 (30),
CPT® (20), HCPCS (10)
Section 3: Coding Applications
Surgery and Modifiers (40)
Also ask your local chapter which books are available for the test, since my test results was held due to I signed up for CPC, but at the exam only two test books of CPC-H and CPC-P were available. And i was unaware of this matter. If you select CPC exam and the exam proctor gives you a choice of only the CPC-H and CPC-P test books , let the chapter know this could hold up your tests results in Quality. I'm glad I found this out today when I called on my tests results.