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CCS Prep

The CCS Prep! series is designed to assist all of you who are preparing to take the certified coding specialist (CCS) and CCS-P (physician-based) examinations, offered by the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA).

For registration information and Candidate Handbooks, please contact AHIMA at (312) 233-1100 or visit its Web site at http://www.ahima.org/certification/ccs.asp.

Getting Started
The first article you should use in our series is Steps to Prepare for the CCS and CCS-P Exams. Once you've reviewed this, you're ready to start our other CCS Prep! articles.

Please note:  the code sets used in each article are comprised of the codes that were in effect at the time the article was released.

Good Luck!!
2008
Revisions Address New ICD-9-CM Codes, Part 1
Coding Guidelines for AIDS, HIV Infection
Coding Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia
Coding Secondary Diabetes Mellitus
Coding Urinary Tract Infections
Understanding the Outpatient ICD-9-CM Guidelines
Be Prepared To Assign POA Indicators
Always a Challenge: Complication Coding
Decrease Your Pain When Assigning Pain Codes

2007
Coding Multiple Conditions
Changes to the IPPS: MS-DRGs
Crosswalks: Walking a Fine Line
FY 2008 New ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Codes
New Technologies Affect Coding
Assigning E Codes for External Causes
Coding for Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
Pressure Ulcers Under Scrutiny
Challenges for Coding Heart Failure
Coding Breast Diseases and Surgery, Part 2
Coding Breast Diseases and Surgery, Part 1
Brush Up on CPT/HCPCS Modifiers
Are You Up-to-Date With HCPCS?
Coding Guidelines Revised

2006
"Exceptions to the Rule" Coding
Know the October 2006 ICD-9-CM Changes: Part 2 Procedure Codes
Know the October 2006 ICD-9-CM Changes: Part 1 Diagnosis Codes
Unbundled Coding for Inpatient Services
Coding Pneumonia Correctly Keeps OIG Relationship Healthy
Principal Diagnosis Conundrums: How to Interpret "Evolving" Diagnoses
Coding for Breast and Colon Cancer Screening Procedures
Get the Jump on Joint Replacement
Understand the Coding and Sequencing Requirements of Dehydration, Hypovolemia
Kidney Disease Coding: More Documentation Is Necessary
An Inpatient Prospective Payment System Overview: Diagnosis Related Groups
Review New '06 Surgical Codes, Guidelines
Review Obstetric, Newborn Coding Guidelines

2005
Make Sure You're Covered on The New CPT Skin Grafting Codes
Know the October 2005 ICD-9-CM Changes: Part 2 Procedure Codes
Know the October 2005 ICD-9-CM Changes: Part 1 Diagnosis Codes
CPT Basics for the Inpatient Coder
An Outpatient Prospective Payment System Overview: Ambulatory Payment Classifications
An Outpatient Prospective Payment System Overview: Ambulatory Payment Classifications; Part I: Status Indicators, Bundling and Modifiers
Don't Let Coding Coronary Artery Disease Records Cause You Chest Pain
Take a Deep Breath and Review the Revised Respiratory Failure Coding Guidelines
ICD-9-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting Revised Effective April 1, 2005
Walking the Fine Line of Crosswalks: Understanding ICD-9-CM Vol. 3 vs. CPT-4
Test-Takers Should Become Familiar With Hypertension Coding Guidelines
Don't Have a Stroke When Coding CVA
Don't Get Hit by Inappropriate Injury Codes, Part 2

2004
Don't Get Hit by Inappropriate Injury Codes
Understand the Three CPT Code Categories
Test Preparation Must Include Brushing Up On Guidelines for Coding Diabetes Mellitus
Brush Up on Integumentary System CPT Coding, Part 2
Permanent Pacemakers with Transvenous Electrodes Present CPT Coding Challenges
Brush Up on Integumentary System CPT Coding, Part 1
Understanding How to Code Colonoscopies
Fracture Coding for Both ICD-9-CM and CPT
Become Familiar with Coding Guidelines for Using V Codes
Coding Neoplasms Accurately
Preparing for the CCS and CCS-P Exams
Procedural Coding of the Insertion of Central Venous Access Procedures: CPT vs. ICD-9-CM

2003
Steps to Prepare for the CCS and CCS-P Exams

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