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Certified Outpatient Coder (COC®)

AAPC certification for outpatient hospital and facility coding expertise.

Licensing authority: AAPC

Initial by examination
Certified Outpatient Coder (COC®) exam
Experience
A successful candidate without two years of coding experience receives COC-A apprentice designation until the experience requirement is met; passing the COC examination is the examination dependency.

Certified Outpatient Coder (COC®) exam

Provider
AAPC
Format
100 multiple-choice questions, online proctored or testing center
Exam questions
Total questions: 100.
Time limit
4 hours
Passing score
70% overall
Exam fee
$425 for one attempt or $499 for two attempts
Examination outline
  • Medical terminology (7%)
  • Anatomy (7%)
  • Coding guidelines (3%)
  • Payment methodologies (13%)
  • Compliance (3%)
  • ICD-10-CM (15%)
  • HCPCS Level II (7%)
  • CPT® (13%)
  • Surgery and modifiers (22%)
  • Cases (10%)
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