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Passing the CCS with no experience? - CT


Posted: Jun 10, 2014

Understanding that most employers don't recognize the CCA for the paper it's printed on, do you feel that by putting in a moderate amount of extra studying and completing an AHIMA-approved coding course one could sit for and pass the CCS - assuming they ever open the thing back up?

Not necessarily - sm

[ In Reply To ..]
AHIMA-approval does not mean a course prepares you for the CCS or even the CCA, or that it does so reliably.

Some AHIMA-approved programs (like their own online course) only teach outpatient. Others teach only to the CCA because they feel it is impossible to teach to the CCS.

Approval does not mean the course meets the eligibility requirements for any AHIMA exam. (Their own course does not.)

Aside from that, is it possible to sit for and pass the CCS? Yes. I know several who did it. All of them attended Andrews. I think there are a few colleges, too, but I don't know which ones.



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