amy_mousie
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Anyone that has taken the CPMA Exam that can recommend helpful tips for studying or writing notes in book please share. Would be appreciated Studying my summer away.
Thank you CoderGirl for that information. I am studying for the CPMA exam, and I have to say, I was not nervous until I started reading what other's were saying about how difficult the exam is!I tested this weekend and found out yesterday that I passed the CPMA!
The test was hard but I would not say it was difficult. I finished and hour and 40 minutes early.
My tips are, know your penalties, FCA fines, modifier do's and dont's(specifically mod 25). Stark law, anti-kickback.
What stumped me was the actual coding. I have limited coding in specialty areas. I have only worked in Radiology and family practice. So the chemo coding, and some of the cases tripped me up. Highlight your book, all the parenthetical notes. I did not want to make a siily mistake by missing a statement in the cpt that says dont code this with that...
And you can only take your code books, your audit tool of choice and the 95-97 guidelines (which I forgot and did fine!)
Overall I feel the exam is fair.
P.S I have no hands on auditing experience.