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AAPC Social Hour: Certification Exam Requirements in 2022

The updated format for AAPC 2022 certification exams was the topic of the December 22 AAPC Social Hour on Facebook Live. AAPC recently announced that exams will now consist of 100 questions that must be answered in four hours instead of 150 questions in five hours and 40 minutes. This change has given rise to […]

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How to Prepare for a Pre-employment Coding Exam

Follow one coder’s journey from certification to dream job. “There is nothing like the feeling of passing the CPC® certification,” I thought to myself the morning of Nov. 1, 2020, after receiving my Certified Professional Coder (CPC®) exam results. Anyone who has prepared for that exam understands the intense hours of education and study involved […]

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AAPC Social Hour: Certification Exam Tips

The AAPC Social Hour on Facebook Live, May 26, at 11 a.m. MT (1 p.m. ET) focused on how to prepare for and pass your upcoming certification exam. Moderator and AAPC Social Media Manager Alex McKinley (AAPC Alex) was joined by Dianne Estes, CPC, CPB, COC, CPMA, who had plenty of advice for making the […]

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Secrets Revealed for Passing an AAPC Exam

There is more to passing your credentialing exam than studying. There aren’t really any secrets to passing an AAPC credentialing exam. We advertise what you’ll need to know on our website. For the Certified Professional Coder (CPC®) exam, for example, we recommend the following steps: Step 1: Take the online medical terminology and anatomy courses. […]

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Did You Know? Important Exam Information

Exam Dates Should Be Scheduled Before April 1st Examinees plan well in advance to become certified and often choose a certification date and then work for it. Officers should get exams scheduled early in the year, so examinees have a variety of sites from which to choose. Chapters are required to host at least four […]

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Extra Exam Sites and Seats Are Needed

As always, there are many more examinees at this time of the year than there are locations to accommodate them. We strongly encourage you to increase the number of seats at your existing exams, or even schedule an additional exam in December, if possible. We would be happy to open the scheduling tool if the […]

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1997 musclosketal exam

Hello;
can someone help me determine how many bullets are counted for the musuloskeletal exam(1997 guidelines)

PE:
Height 5.0′, Weight 163lb
she is alert and oriented x 3. Pulses are regular and respirations are rhythimic. Patient has appropriate mood and affect, and appears to be well developed and well nourished, in no acute distress.
Left Wrist: Dorsiflexion 50 degrees and palmar felxion is 60 degrees. This is compared to 60 and 70 degrees respectively for the univolved wrist. The DRUJ is stable. She does have bossing consisted with carpal bossing at the dorsal aspect of the index and middle finger CMC joint bilaterally-but minimal pain with palpation directly. Negative squeeze test of the metacarpals. Negative Finkelstein test. Negative tuck test. No skin irregularties or cellulitis. She does have pain at the intersection zone of the extensor. No pain with palpation at the terminal intersection of the ECRL and ECRB. No crepitus at the second dorsal compartment with range of motion of the wrist. Distally gross intact motor sensory function in the radial, ulnar and median nerve distribution.

Can you tell where you counted each element please?

Help…thank you

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Tips for Passing the CPC Exam

Sound advice from medical coders who have been there, done that. AAPC has published countless articles on how to prepare for the Certified Professional Coder (CPC) certification exam in both our member magazine, Healthcare Business Monthly, and on our website in the Knowledge Center. Examples include: 7 Reasons You Should Use AAPC Code Books for Your […]

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