Certificate Program in Medical Coding Auditing

In this certificate program, you will understand the coding concepts and medical record auditing as seen through a medical auditor’s eyes. Whether you are dealing with an external audit or conducting an in-house audit for peace of mind, you will have the expertise to handle all aspects of both situations. This program is specifically geared towards medical professionals in the outpatient/physician office setting and will ensure physician practices that you are knowledgeable in coding and documentation guidelines, audits (internal and external), and the steps to take to assess your risk. And also this training program is designed to prepare students to appear for the CPMA certification exam through AAPC.

Who can do Medical Auditing Certification?

The CPMA. certification is incredibly popular amongst medical coding and billing professionals, physician extenders, medical managers, and compliance officers. This certification is specifically for someone who has their coding certification and who is already one year experienced in physician coding policies and guidelines.

Course Outline

The Cigma’s Training & Certification Program covers the following:

• Compliance and Regulatory Guidelines
• Medical Record Documentation Standards
• Internal audits
• External audits
• Risk Analysis and Communication
• Coding and Reimbursement Concepts

Required Textbooks,

Given below following text books are highly recommended for certification program.

• CPT® Professional Edition (current year), AMA Publisher
• ICD-10-CM Expert for Physicians (current year)
• HCPCS Level II (current year)

These textbooks are not included in the course but are available to purchase through Cigma at a discounted rate when enrolling in the program.

Duration of the course: 30hrs

Mode of training: Online via google meet