F111 (Registration begins July 1, 2009)

Tuesday/Thursday Evenings
5:45 p.m. to 9:15 p.m.
9/15/09 to 12/01/09
No class on 11/26/09

Exam Cram:  Saturday 12/5/09 8-2:30 p.m.
Exam:  12/12/09 7:30 a.m.

80 hours (Students earn hours towards meeting the AAPC requirements based upon actual attendance. Role is taken at each class and completion certificates indicate the actual number of hours attended for each student.)

Pierce College at South Hill Park
716 South Hill Park Drive, Suite A
Room 102
Puyallup, WA 98373
No food services at this site.

This is not a beginning level course. Experience working as a medical billing specialist or coder or completion of the Pierce College Medical Billing Specialist Certificate is required. If you are new to this field, we offer a credit program to learn medical billing through the office technology department Medical Billing Specialist Certificate program at both our Puyallup and Ft. Steilacoom campuses. Call (233)840-8477 for more information or download a program guide for the beginning level program and look under the Business Information Technology section

$1499 includes the PMCC student books, and a one-year student AAPC Membership required by AAPC to use course materials and take exam. Exam fees and coding reference books (HCPCS, ICD-9 and CPT) are not included.

Students must purchase and use the current year's HCPCS, CPT and ICD-9 coding manuals for the class and the exam.

Please visit the AAPC exam site for the recommended versions/editions of the books that can be used for both the exam and class.

Exams are scheduled by the local Tacoma Chapter of AAPC. Students must apply and pay AAPC directly for the exam. Exam applications may be done online or ask your instuctor for the paper version of the exam application. Pierce College works with the local chapter to schedule an examination date shortly after a class ends. Normal check-in time for exams is 7:30 a.m.

Register now by calling (253)964-6616 Monday-Friday 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (Registration Form PDF format or Registration Form Word Format) to register by mail or fax. Pierce College accepts checks, money orders, agency purchase orders, VISA and Mastercard for payment. Course fees must be paid in full within 5 days of registration.

Refunds of course fees will be given as follows: (1) 100% - When a class is cancelled by Continuing Education, (2)100% less $7 - When a student withdraws two (2) business days prior to the first class session and (3) 0% - When a student withdraws less than two (2) business days prior to the first class session, after the class begins or does not attend (or stops attending) the course. Please note that there are NO REFUNDS once the class has begun and you have opened course materials as they can not be reused.

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Advanced Coding for the Physician’s Office (80 hours) Item #O750 $1395
This course helps experience coders expand their coding knowledge and prepare for the AAPC CPC certification.

Upcoming AAPC Examination Dates: CPC®/CPC-H® exams are offered in conjunction with the local Tacoma chapter of AAPC. Please submit applications for exams directly to AAPC as Pierce College does not process exam applications. (Current PMCC students should contact their instructors regarding their first exam. Retests must be scheduled through AAPC directly.)

Exam 25317-E080119: 9/27/2008 7:30 a.m. - Lakewood, Room TBA

Exam #TBA: 12/13/2008 7:30 a.m. - Puyallup
Pierce College South Hill Park, Puyallup, Rooms 102 & 104

Exam #TBA: Tentatively scheduled for 05/09/2009
Pierce College South Hill Park, Puyallup, Rooms 102 & 104

Pierce College PMCC students who wish to register at the discounted exam price ($250 subject to change by AAPC) offered by AAPC for PMCC students, must submit their COMPLETED application packet to AAPC directly no later than six weeks prior to the exam in order to insure they meet AAPC exam application deadlines. Exam packets must contain the exam payment, payable to to AAPC, reference letters and completed application forms. AAPC will no longer accept incomplete registration packets. Non-students please visit www.aapc.com to apply for an exam.

For the examination, you will need to bring unmarked copies of CPT, HCPCS and ICD-9-CM Vols. 1, 2, 3 to the exam for reference. (Reference books should be the same year (e.g. 2009) as the exam version you are taking. Photo identification is required for entrance into the exam. As of 8/6/08, AAPC allows the following versions or books into the exam:

• CPT® Books (AMA Standard or Professional versions only) no other publisher is allowed
• ICD-9-CM Volumes 1 and 2 (CPC® and CPC-H®)
• ICD-9-CM Volumes 1, 2, and 3 (CPC-P®)
• HCPCS
• For specialty credential examinations you may have one additional printed reference book of your choice. For the E/M Auditor specialty examination, a '95 and '97 audit tool may be used. For the Cardiology and Cardiovascular/Thoracic Surgery examination, a vascular tree chart/picture is allowed.

In addition, any officially published errata update sheets for these manuals may be used. No other manuals are allowed. Examinees may use current calendar year and/or previous year code books. However, it is strongly suggested that only current manuals be used. Questions on the CPC®, CPC-H® or CPC-P® tests do not require the use of any other outside material.