These all are the things that made me clear my CPC with good percentage.
This is the blue print for CPC exam pattern, always first go ahead with section 3 that is Medical Concepts and Medical Terminology .
Section 1 contains 60 questions on Surgery and Modifiers: )
Section 2 contains 47 questions from each code range: Evaluation & Management (12), Anesthesia (6), Radiology (9), Laboratory and Pathology (10), Medicine (10)
Section 3 contains 43 questions on Medical Concepts: Medical Terminology (13), Anatomy (9), ICD-9-CM (11), HCPCS (5), Billing (5)
Have proper time management
Spend maximum 2.5 mins for Sx and E\M questions and 1.5 mins for path, rad, Anesthesia section and 45 secs for ICD, A&P and billing questions. Skip the question that u are supposed to spend long time. U can solve them later if u save the time.
Always read the code description like AND\OR, ONLY, WITHOUT, WITH, INCLUDES etc
Read the question fully, there may be twist like code Sx service only, code for the ASA only, report the service for particular days E|M.
Dont use 51 or 52 modifier with Path codes that is 8 series, instead use 91.
If any surgery performed superficially code it with integumentary section, if same performed extensively use the code from particular anatomical section.
In ICD questions always look excludes, includes and tips, if any.
With surgery question if guidance is included in code description, dont code guidance seperately. This can be known only if we read the code description carefully.
Hope this helps you....
