AAPC Certified Professional Coder (CPC) exam — Information & Free Practice
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AAPC Certified Professional Coder (CPC) exam
- Format
- 100 multiple-choice questions, including 10 one-question medical-record cases
- Exam questions
- Total questions: 100.
- Time limit
- 4 hours
- Passing score
- 70% overall
Examination outline
- Medical terminology (4%)
- Anatomy (4%)
- Compliance and regulatory (3%)
- Coding guidelines (7%)
- ICD-10-CM (5%)
- HCPCS Level II (3%)
- 10000 series codes (6%)
- 20000 series codes (6%)
- 30000 series codes (6%)
- 40000 series codes (6%)
- 50000 series codes (6%)
- 60000 series codes (6%)
- Radiology codes (6%)
- Pathology and laboratory codes (6%)
- Medicine (6%)
- E/M (6%)
- Anesthesia (4%)
- Cases (10%)
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