The Certified Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Coder (CPRC^™) demonstrates sufficient experience and expertise in plastic and reconstructive surgery coding. A team of leading plastic and reconstructive surgery coding professionals developed the CPRC^™ credential.

The CPRC^™ is proficient in the following competencies:

• Ability to read and abstract physician office notes and procedure notes to apply correct ICD-10-CM, CPT^®, HCPCS Level II and modifier coding assignments
• Evaluation and management (both the 1995 and 1997 Documentation Guidelines)
• Rules and regulations of Medicare billing including (but not limited to) incident to, teaching situations, shared visits, consultations and global surgery
• Coding of surgical procedures performed by plastic and reconstructive specialists such as scar revisions, facial repairs, cosmetic surgeries, etc.
• Medical terminology
• Anatomy and physiology