by Mary Beth York, CCS, CCS-P Senior Associate at Barry Libman Inc. and Libman Education The CCS exam tests your acute hospital inpatient and outpatient coding skills at a mastery level. It is recommended (but not mandated) that you have at least three years actual hospital inpatient and surgical outpatient coding experience. The successful candidate […]
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CDIS are key team members of any hospital’s revenue cycle operation. CDIS ensure that the provider’s documentation captures all clinical information completely and accurately. The documentation must then be translated into codes in accordance with the conventions of the classification and the Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting, in order to be processed for data and billing purposes.
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by Mary Beth York, CCS, CCS-P, CIC The CCS exam tests your acute hospital inpatient and outpatient coding skills at a mastery level. It is recommended (but not mandated) that you have at least three years hands-on acute hospital experience coding inpatient and outpatient records. The successful candidate will also demonstrate proficiency in anatomy and […]
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I recently had the opportunity to work with a team of Clinical Documentation Improvement (CDI) Specialists to help them prepare for the CCS … Read more
read more »The power of the group is amazing and should not be underestimated. When attempting a CCS, which anyone who has will tell you is a daunting process, it helps to have others going through the same effort at the …
read more »by Mary Beth York, CCS, CCS-P, CIC After months of anxious waiting on the part of CCS candidates, immediate scoring is now available. Immediate scoring became available for test-takers starting September 4. For those who took the CCS exam May 1 through September 3 there is still one more step in the process that must be […]
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by Mary Beth York, CCS, CCS-P, CIC It is helpful sometimes to think of coding as a language. The language consists of the ICD-10-CM, ICD-10-PCS, and CPT code sets primarily. This language of coding has rules, similar to grammar, that govern how it is used and applied. It also has inconsistencies and internal conflicts, much […]
read more »by Mary Beth York, CCS, CCS-P, CIC The beta period for AHIMA CCS and CCA certification exams ended on 5/31/2018 but both exams are currently in the data validation process. According to AHIMA, the data validation process can take 12-24 weeks; therefore results may not be available until August. Once the data validation process ends, […]
read more »by Mary Beth York, CCS, CCS-P, CIC AHIMA has announced the end of the beta period for the 2018 Certified Coding Specialist (CCS) and the Certified Coding Associate (CCA) coding credential exams. Immediate scoring will now be available to candidates upon completion of the exam. During the beta period, candidates do not receive immediate results […]
read more »by Mary Beth York, CCS, CCS-P, CIC AHIMA’s CCS and CCA certification exams will be updated to 2018 code sets and guidelines on May 1, 2018. (Through April 30, 2018, AHIMA’s CCS and CCA exams will test on the 2017 code sets and guidelines.) According to the AHIMA website, the beta period for the CCS […]
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