I really love all your videos. I find these kinds of things so helpful seeing how other people go thru the same stuff I am. I know exactly what you mean about getting in a topic that isn't that exciting but you still have to slog thru it to get it under your belt but some days I seem to have to read and re-read the same pages in my text. Really glad to hear so much of the test is heavy on CM cause I've spent the bulk of my study on that and I feel very comfortable with that.
Phil Adams oh good! So glad the way I explain things makes sense! Now I have no idea what the real CCA exam is like, considering there are 40 more questions than the practice exam and if it truly is CM-heavy, no idea! I can shoot that question to the coders that have taken the exam in the last year and see if it was evenly divided or majority CM.
@A Soon To Be Legend I used the rational and go into the text book that the rational listed and study them more. I did have alot of questions on reimbursement. I also printed the outline for the test and look up each and study that way. My program also had an insurance reimbursement class.
OK, sorry for all the questions but here is an example of how head scratching some of these examples I'm getting can be. The scenario is a patient is admitted when patient driving motorcycle on highway lost control and overturned bike. There's more to the scenario but I understood how to code the injury and the other external codes and the procedure codes. No, the part I couldn't figure was how they assigned the following code to the incident. They said it should be V28.4xxA "Motorcycle driver injured in noncollision transport accident in traffic accident, initial encounter" instead of V28.0xxA which was "Motorcycle driver injured in noncollision transport accident in nontraffic accident, initial encounter." So what is the difference between a "nontraffic accident" and a "traffic accident" and how is the Coder supposed to know which to use if the medical record doesn't say whether there was any other traffic around at the time?
Phil Adams tomorrow I will be figuring out the answers to your questions! Just a thought for the non collision non traffic accident thing, My guess is they consider any type of accident that happens in a motorway (street, highway, etc) a traffic accident because the vehicle/motorcycle was driving when the accident happened meaning it was part of “traffic” regardless of if it was the only vehicle involved in the accident. But I want to research that and see if I can find a definition for a “traffic accident” per the ICD-10-CM codebook.
I did alittle research on this one myself and came up with the same answer. It isn't about whether there IS other traffic as much as if there can be public traffic. Like a driveway or any private road accident wouldn't be considered a public thoroughfare? That's what makes it a traffic accident as opposed to a nontraffic accident. So if two tractors in a field run into each other I guess that would be a nontraffic accident cause it doesn't occur on a public road?
That makes sense to me! If the tractors collide in a cornfield, that technically isn’t within traffic/public motorway/thoroughfare so Is agree that’s a non traffic collision!
I went and took this route and it really gave me alot of help as to where I needed additional study. Frankly the test practice had a ton of questions about areas my class just kind of brushed against like Reimbursement and Medicare Practices. I had the coding part down cold but I needed to go brush up on the government stuff and things like prospective payment stuff. I wasn't so happy about having to spend $60 on it but that's life. I got only 68% so I didn't quite pass either. Now I don't feel so bad.
Hey there just watched this video, as I am also about 2 weeks away from taking my CCA exam, Just graduated from my Career Steps online course with a 93. I have been looking Everywhere for a practice exam through the AHIMA website bc I am a member an am coming up empty handed. Can you provide any help on where to find the practice exam??
Hey Kate, I am interested in starting a billing and coding course. I love analytical and detailed oriented tasks and feel that this career choice could work for me. I also prefer a career where I am handling backend work versus front end dealing directly with the population. Up until now my experience has been with teaching and English studies and although I’ve enjoyed it very well I do believe I am finished with it now. From your experience do you feel that it would be a good idea to start looking into billing and coding even though I have my associates in English education and I’m 11 classes away from my Bachelors majoring in English. Thank you for your opinion and insight. And please keep up the great work and helpful videos!
I agree with H A on this, you’re almost done with your English degree so I would finish that and do online coding courses through AHIMA or AAPC, you can go at your own pace and go through the coding systems in whatever order you’d prefer. Plus online programs through AHIMA and AAPC are MUCH cheaper than a brick and mortar school/online courses from a brick and mortar school. I also suggest getting a job in medical records or a clerical/administrative entry level job in the healthcare field to get acquainted with the backend of healthcare and to get your foot in the door. It will give you more experience in the field which will help when you finally are certified. Also, keep in mind Coding and billing are two separate jobs/certifications but you could also get an entry level billing position which would also give you hands on experience and some peripheral contact with coding which will help with learning and experience for coding if you decide to focus on coding instead of billing.
The online course I am taking has a lot of exercises and one of the coding exercises says to code a "Lye burn of the esophagus" and when I look up this I see 2 different but similar coding options. One is for Burn of the esophagus and one is for Corrosion of the esophagus so naturally I selected "Burn of the esophagus" cause that's what the question asked for but then the correct response was "Corrosion of the esophagus". And looking up "Lye" in the Drugs and Chemicals table doesn't help at all cause the codes there are completely different and merely directs me to "Toxic aftereffects of corrosive materials". I have addressed this question directly to the admins at my online course but getting answers from them is almost a futile waste of energy so I look for answers from other places. I would love to know how coders are supposed to know these differences? Trial and error or just experience?
Phil Adams alright, I did a quick online search and found this resource www.californiahia.org/sites/californiahia.org/files/docs/resources/ICD10/jul-aug-16-burns-and-corrosions.pdf ICD-10 defines burns as causes from thermal heat sources (fire, etc), corrosion is defined as burns from chemicals
Oh thank you. That's very helpful. I guess we just have to be aware that doctors will likely not use the correct terminology and coders just have to know the proper terminology to use.
Good!!! Yeah, it’s always key to remember doctors don’t use the same language as ICD-10-CM/PCS, the only time doctors use the same language is in CPT (from what I gather from my courses).
Hello kate, I am trying to do my CCA exam in July 2024. Can you please guide me where should I study reimbursement and management questions. ??? I am studying all 3 book that need for CCA. In your video, you said you completed your exam in 1 hour. ( I wanna try to do that too, give me some guidance please please) Thank you.
First, thank you so much! you are so helpful! Since my school taught me nothing about ICD 10 PCS, I need to teach myself. Do you have any recommendations of a workbook, etc for learning the PCS portion of coding? thank you!
Sophie T. These are the books I’ve read and continue to work through for practice: Basic ICD-10CM and PCS by Schraffenberger and Palkie, ICD-10-PCS An Applied Approach by Lynn Kuehn and Terese Jorwic, Basic CPT and HCPCS coding by Smith, Basic CPT and HCPCS exercises by Smith, Intro to Computer Systems for HIT by Sayles and Trawick, Pathophysiology for the health professions by Gould and Dyer, principles of Healthcare Reimbursement by Castro and Forrestal, and Clinical Coding Workout from AHIMA. There is also a CCA prep book through AHIMA which I have not purchased but I’ve herd it’s a good resource, my.ahima.org/store/product?id=64436
Hello! What exam preps do you recommend for the CCA exam? I currently have the AHIMA CCA exam prep book. Im just hoping it helps me prepare for the test...
Damaris Deleon I actually did not purchase the exam prep book but I have heard it is the best resource to prep for the exam. I felt confident with the info I learned from AHIMAs Coding Basics Program and also the Clinical Coding Workout book which helped with coding and sequencing. Good luck on the exam and let me know how it went!!!
Hi Am taking my test in 2 weeks and wanted to buy the practice exam to see where am at what I need to review. After you take the test do you get the answers and rationals. You learn why it was wrong or correct? Thank you.
shanell marshall yup! You do get the answer key and I think it had the rationale for each answer, it’s been so long since I took it that now I can’t remember! But you do get the answer key, etc after completing it!
kris law it is very important to check weekly and then daily up until your exam day to check and see what fiscal year books are required. The test sites are very strict for testing and if you don’t have the correct year they won’t let you use that book. Check your test site and see what year is allowable and continue to check so you have the correct year. The updates are very important and can change they way questions are answered due to code changes, code description edits, new codes, guideline changes, etc. always check and continue to check so you do not have to forfeit your exam fee 😀
Hi Kate I would like to take the CCS I have my certificate from school and now working on the Ass. degree. I don't know where to start to study and to be honest didn't really learn anything in school our teacher was horrible I had to watch a lot of your videos to pass. Could you please recommend what I should study.
Hi I am a current medical and billing and coding student. I notice the practice had a lot of icd 9 codes but in school we only learn icd 10 cm and icd 10 pcs. Could it be possible I am using the wrong practice test.
shannon hoffman I actually sent in my app and free yesterday and next week I’ll be able to schedule the exam, I’m counting on end of February. The closest testing center has every Monday in February available but I’m not sure if those will be taken by next week. But by the end of February we will know if I’m a certified coder or not!
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I really love all your videos. I find these kinds of things so helpful seeing how other people go thru the same stuff I am. I know exactly what you mean about getting in a topic that isn't that exciting but you still have to slog thru it to get it under your belt but some days I seem to have to read and re-read the same pages in my text. Really glad to hear so much of the test is heavy on CM cause I've spent the bulk of my study on that and I feel very comfortable with that.
Phil Adams oh good! So glad the way I explain things makes sense! Now I have no idea what the real CCA exam is like, considering there are 40 more questions than the practice exam and if it truly is CM-heavy, no idea! I can shoot that question to the coders that have taken the exam in the last year and see if it was evenly divided or majority CM.
Took my exam on the 6 /10 and passed, thank you for sharing all the tips in your videos
@A Soon To Be Legend I used the rational and go into the text book that the rational listed and study them more. I did have alot of questions on reimbursement. I also printed the outline for the test and look up each and study that way. My program also had an insurance reimbursement class.
OK, sorry for all the questions but here is an example of how head scratching some of these examples I'm getting can be. The scenario is a patient is admitted when patient driving motorcycle on highway lost control and overturned bike. There's more to the scenario but I understood how to code the injury and the other external codes and the procedure codes. No, the part I couldn't figure was how they assigned the following code to the incident. They said it should be V28.4xxA "Motorcycle driver injured in noncollision transport accident in traffic accident, initial encounter" instead of V28.0xxA which was "Motorcycle driver injured in noncollision transport accident in nontraffic accident, initial encounter." So what is the difference between a "nontraffic accident" and a "traffic accident" and how is the Coder supposed to know which to use if the medical record doesn't say whether there was any other traffic around at the time?
Phil Adams tomorrow I will be figuring out the answers to your questions! Just a thought for the non collision non traffic accident thing, My guess is they consider any type of accident that happens in a motorway (street, highway, etc) a traffic accident because the vehicle/motorcycle was driving when the accident happened meaning it was part of “traffic” regardless of if it was the only vehicle involved in the accident. But I want to research that and see if I can find a definition for a “traffic accident” per the ICD-10-CM codebook.
I did alittle research on this one myself and came up with the same answer. It isn't about whether there IS other traffic as much as if there can be public traffic. Like a driveway or any private road accident wouldn't be considered a public thoroughfare? That's what makes it a traffic accident as opposed to a nontraffic accident. So if two tractors in a field run into each other I guess that would be a nontraffic accident cause it doesn't occur on a public road?
That makes sense to me! If the tractors collide in a cornfield, that technically isn’t within traffic/public motorway/thoroughfare so Is agree that’s a non traffic collision!
Hahahaha. Same problem. Reimbursement. Im taking the CCA this year. I hope i pass.
Did you pass?
I went and took this route and it really gave me alot of help as to where I needed additional study. Frankly the test practice had a ton of questions about areas my class just kind of brushed against like Reimbursement and Medicare Practices. I had the coding part down cold but I needed to go brush up on the government stuff and things like prospective payment stuff. I wasn't so happy about having to spend $60 on it but that's life. I got only 68% so I didn't quite pass either. Now I don't feel so bad.
Hey there just watched this video, as I am also about 2 weeks away from taking my CCA exam, Just graduated from my Career Steps online course with a 93. I have been looking Everywhere for a practice exam through the AHIMA website bc I am a member an am coming up empty handed. Can you provide any help on where to find the practice exam??
Kristen, do you have any updated information on this or did you find a good practice exam?
Hey Kate, I am interested in starting a billing and coding course. I love analytical and detailed oriented tasks and feel that this career choice could work for me. I also prefer a career where I am handling backend work versus front end dealing directly with the population. Up until now my experience has been with teaching and English studies and although I’ve enjoyed it very well I do believe I am finished with it now. From your experience do you feel that it would be a good idea to start looking into billing and coding even though I have my associates in English education and I’m 11 classes away from my Bachelors majoring in English. Thank you for your opinion and insight. And please keep up the great work and helpful videos!
I agree with H A on this, you’re almost done with your English degree so I would finish that and do online coding courses through AHIMA or AAPC, you can go at your own pace and go through the coding systems in whatever order you’d prefer. Plus online programs through AHIMA and AAPC are MUCH cheaper than a brick and mortar school/online courses from a brick and mortar school. I also suggest getting a job in medical records or a clerical/administrative entry level job in the healthcare field to get acquainted with the backend of healthcare and to get your foot in the door. It will give you more experience in the field which will help when you finally are certified. Also, keep in mind Coding and billing are two separate jobs/certifications but you could also get an entry level billing position which would also give you hands on experience and some peripheral contact with coding which will help with learning and experience for coding if you decide to focus on coding instead of billing.
The online course I am taking has a lot of exercises and one of the coding exercises says to code a "Lye burn of the esophagus" and when I look up this I see 2 different but similar coding options. One is for Burn of the esophagus and one is for Corrosion of the esophagus so naturally I selected "Burn of the esophagus" cause that's what the question asked for but then the correct response was "Corrosion of the esophagus". And looking up "Lye" in the Drugs and Chemicals table doesn't help at all cause the codes there are completely different and merely directs me to "Toxic aftereffects of corrosive materials". I have addressed this question directly to the admins at my online course but getting answers from them is almost a futile waste of energy so I look for answers from other places. I would love to know how coders are supposed to know these differences? Trial and error or just experience?
Phil Adams alright, I did a quick online search and found this resource www.californiahia.org/sites/californiahia.org/files/docs/resources/ICD10/jul-aug-16-burns-and-corrosions.pdf
ICD-10 defines burns as causes from thermal heat sources (fire, etc), corrosion is defined as burns from chemicals
Oh thank you. That's very helpful. I guess we just have to be aware that doctors will likely not use the correct terminology and coders just have to know the proper terminology to use.
Good!!! Yeah, it’s always key to remember doctors don’t use the same language as ICD-10-CM/PCS, the only time doctors use the same language is in CPT (from what I gather from my courses).
Hello kate,
I am trying to do my CCA exam in July 2024.
Can you please guide me where should I study reimbursement and management questions. ???
I am studying all 3 book that need for CCA.
In your video, you said you completed your exam in 1 hour. ( I wanna try to do that too, give me some guidance please please)
Thank you.
First, thank you so much! you are so helpful! Since my school taught me nothing about ICD 10 PCS, I need to teach myself. Do you have any recommendations of a workbook, etc for learning the PCS portion of coding? thank you!
Hi Kate, i enjoy all of your post on youtube. Could you tell me what book do you use for CCA preparation? Thank you in advance.
Sophie T. These are the books I’ve read and continue to work through for practice: Basic ICD-10CM and PCS by Schraffenberger and Palkie, ICD-10-PCS An Applied Approach by Lynn Kuehn and Terese Jorwic, Basic CPT and HCPCS coding by Smith, Basic CPT and HCPCS exercises by Smith, Intro to Computer Systems for HIT by Sayles and Trawick, Pathophysiology for the health professions by Gould and Dyer, principles of Healthcare Reimbursement by Castro and Forrestal, and Clinical Coding Workout from AHIMA. There is also a CCA prep book through AHIMA which I have not purchased but I’ve herd it’s a good resource, my.ahima.org/store/product?id=64436
Hello! What exam preps do you recommend for the CCA exam? I currently have the AHIMA CCA exam prep book. Im just hoping it helps me prepare for the test...
Damaris Deleon I actually did not purchase the exam prep book but I have heard it is the best resource to prep for the exam. I felt confident with the info I learned from AHIMAs Coding Basics Program and also the Clinical Coding Workout book which helped with coding and sequencing. Good luck on the exam and let me know how it went!!!
Have you taken the exam?
hi, I am Leonel, thank you for share your experience. I didnt see the white book. How does call this book? thanks
Hi
Am taking my test in 2 weeks and wanted to buy the practice exam to see where am at what I need to review. After you take the test do you get the answers and rationals. You learn why it was wrong or correct?
Thank you.
shanell marshall yup! You do get the answer key and I think it had the rationale for each answer, it’s been so long since I took it that now I can’t remember! But you do get the answer key, etc after completing it!
Thank you
in have to take my CPC exam but I only have 2017 books.......any thoughts on if buying 2018 books is a necessity?
kris law it is very important to check weekly and then daily up until your exam day to check and see what fiscal year books are required. The test sites are very strict for testing and if you don’t have the correct year they won’t let you use that book. Check your test site and see what year is allowable and continue to check so you have the correct year. The updates are very important and can change they way questions are answered due to code changes, code description edits, new codes, guideline changes, etc. always check and continue to check so you do not have to forfeit your exam fee 😀
awesome thanks!
You remind me of felicity from the green arrow ❤️
Hi Kate I would like to take the CCS I have my certificate from school and now working on the Ass. degree. I don't know where to start to study and to be honest didn't really learn anything in school our teacher was horrible I had to watch a lot of your videos to pass. Could you please recommend what I should study.
Do you get to see your answers after you take practice exam?
Felicia McGee yes!
@@codingwithkate3792 what did you use to study for the reimbursement portion of exam?
Hello Kate, have you taken any other exams?
Do you have to have the AMA cpt book for the exam? Or can I use the optum version?
Hi I am a current medical and billing and coding student. I notice the practice had a lot of icd 9 codes but in school we only learn icd 10 cm and icd 10 pcs. Could it be possible I am using the wrong practice test.
Did she buy it through Ahima?
I watched this whole video,... this has nothing to do with the Certified Crop Advisor test does it?
Lol, what?
When r u going to take the cca exam for real? :)
shannon hoffman I actually sent in my app and free yesterday and next week I’ll be able to schedule the exam, I’m counting on end of February. The closest testing center has every Monday in February available but I’m not sure if those will be taken by next week. But by the end of February we will know if I’m a certified coder or not!
Coding With Kate good luck I hope you pass. ☺ do you know if you're allowed to Mark in your book?
Thank you! As far as I know, yes. I have made quite a few notes in my PCS codebook and I’m working on adding some on reimbursement..just in case!
How much is the exam?
Don't you need at least 78% to pass?
You're the coolest
Eric M thank you!!!!! 😁
You look like Sandra Bullock