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Wiki COPC Prerequisite
- Thread starter sstep
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No, you do not have to have a CPC to take an AAPC specialty exam.
It is recommended that you have 2 years of experience in your specialty to have the best chance of success on the exam. (Recommended, though not required.)
sheiladarnell
New
I am having a tough time finding COPC CEU opportunities! Any suggestions?
Have you tried using the CEU search function with the drop-down filtered for COPC?
It will display AAPC opportunities, then if you click the "other vendors" tab it will show you COPC approved opportunities from additional vendors.
Medical Coding Continuing Education Units (CEUs) - Continuing Medical Education - AAPC
Stay updated with the latest medical coding, compliance rules and regulations. Maintain a distinctive edge in the health care career.
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Cheezum51
True Blue
If you subscribe to the Ophthalmology Newsletter, about $180 per year, which comes out monthly, you can take a test on the monthly newsletter contents and get 0.5 credits per test for a total of 6 per year. I've found the newsletter excellent and it covers lots of great topics. I also ask out local group CE committee to get approval for COPC credits for some of the topics covered in our monthly meetings. Our annual ICD update and CPT update courses both count for COPC. In general AAPC doesn't provide many, if any courses for COPC recertification.
Tom Cheezum, OD, CPC, COPC