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 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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Here are five strategies I used recently to pass the CCS on the first go-round.
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I love to hear from former students! After our time together during the exam prep I miss them. I heard recently from one such student, “By going through the class and passing the CCS, my confidence and quality in my coding has improved tremendously!”
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Libman Education has launched a new Certified Coding Specialist (CCS) Exam Prep Course to help CDI professionals earn the mastery level CCS coding credential. The intensive course, CCS for CDI: CCS Exam Prep, taught by CCS coding expert Mary Beth York, CCS, CCS-P, CIC, provides comprehensive exam preparation modified for the requirements of CDI professionals to include additional training in the coding systems used by hospitals.
read more »BEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS – September 21, 2016 – A special reunion for Libman Education CCS Exam Prep grads is planned to take place at the 88th AHIMA Convention and Exhibit this October in Baltimore, MD. During the reunion, CCS Exam Prep instructor Mary Beth York plans to meet the alumni on …
read more »BEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS – September 15, 2016 – Libman Education has launched a new Certified Coding Specialist (CCS) Exam Prep Course to help CDI professionals earn the mastery level CCS coding credential. The intensive course, CCS for CDI: CCS Exam Prep, taught by CCS coding expert Mary Beth York, CCS, CCS-P, CIC, provides comprehensive exam preparation modified for …
read more »by Mary Beth York, CCS, CCS-P, CIC
I recently heard from a CCS Exam Prep student of mine. She emailed to tell me that she had successfully passed the CCS exam. “I took the Intensive CCS Exam Prep class and I am happy to report that …” Read more
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Bedford, MA – Mary Beth York, instructor for Libman Education’s CCS Exam Prep program, has announced the preliminary results reported by students in her January-April CCS Exam Prep program. The January-April session was the first CCS Exam Prep offered by Libman Education since implementation of ICD-10 in 2015. Read more
read more »BEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS – July 7, 2016 – Mary Beth York, instructor for Libman Education’s CCS Exam Prep program, today announced the preliminary results reported by students in her January-April CCS Exam Prep program. The January-April session was the first CCS Exam Prep offered by Libman Education since … Read more
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by Mary Beth York, CCS, CCS-P
The CCS credential is a mastery-level credential and not for the novice coder. Candidates for the credential who do not have considerable hands-on experience in both hospital inpatient and outpatient coding will have a difficult time passing the exam. Read more
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For The Record has published a Q&A article by Pamela J. Haney, MS, RHIA, CCS, CIC, COC, Director of Training and Education for Libman Education, and Mary Beth York, CCS, CCS-P, CIC, instructor of Libman Education’s CCS Exam Prep course, titled “How to Balance CCS Exam Prep With ICD-10 Training.” Read the article here.
read more »Course provides proven test-taking strategies to help increase one’s chances of success BEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS – January 15, 2015 – The newest session of Libman Education’s highly-acclaimed CCS Exam Prep course is officially set to begin in April 2015. Taught by leading CCS expert Mary Beth York, the course provides coders an opportunity to prepare for […]
read more »Program helps coders prepare for CCS before ICD-9-based exam changes this April BEDFORD MASSACHUSETTS – February 04, 2014 – To help medical coders prepare for the Certified Coding Specialist (CCS) exam before it changes, Libman Education has released a special CCS Mock Exam with Personal Coaching Session by veteran medical coder Mary Beth York, CCS, CCS-P […]
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