Q&A CCS exam

[Fatiha]

Hi and thank you for your great webinars and materials!! I passed my RHIT exam yesterday! Yay !! And I'm planing to sit for the CCS ASAP before October 1st. If I pass, what I'll need to do once the ICD 10 is implemented? Pass it again?? Thank you!

 

[Laureen]

Hi Fatiha - you're welcome and congrats on getting your RHIT - that is no small feat!!

According to the AHIMA website and this document in particular http://www.ahima.org/~/media/AHIMA/Files/Certification/ICD10_CEU_FAQs.ashx

ICD-10-CM/PCSSpecificCEURequirements
AHIMACertifiedProfessionalsarerequiredbyCCHIIMtoparticipateinapredeterminednumberof
mandatory
baseline
educationalexperiencesspecifictoICD-10-CM/PCS.TheseICD-10-CM/PCSspecific
CEUswillcountaspartofallAHIMAcertificants’totalCEUrequirementsforthepurposeof
recertification.Stateddifferently,thefollowing
CEUrequirementswillbeincludedaspart
ofeach
certificants’total,requiredCEUs,bycredential,perCEUCycle.
ThetotalnumberofICD-10-CM/PCScontinuingeducationunits(CEUs)required,byAHIMAcredential,is
asfollows:

CHPS–1CEU

CHDA–6CEUs

RHIT–6CEUs

RHIA–6CEUs

CDIP–12CEUs

CCS-P–12CEUs

CCS–18CEUs

CCA–18CEUs
*6CEUs=1dayoftraining(PleaseseetheexplanationunderFAQs)
CertificantswhoholdmorethanoneAHIMAcredentialwill
only
reportthehighestnumberofCEUs
fromamongallcredentialsheld.Forexample,ifacertificanthasbothanRHIAandCCS,thecertificant
wouldnormallyreport40
(30CEUsforRHIAandanadditional10CEUsforCCS)
CEUsperrecertification
cycle,and18oftheseCEUswillberequiredtocoverICD-10-CM/PCS.