CCS Exam Preparation Resources:
1.
Articles on commonly assigned DRGs and related guidance from the Coding
Clinic on the conditions that group to those
DRGs
http://www.primaris.org/professionals/products.asp?SETTING=Hospital&TOPIC=HPMP
(Note: TMF updated a lot of
these in 2007 for the MS-DRGs, but they are now
gone
from the website—email cmbenjamin@bellsouth.net for these.
2.
Browse through CMS's webpage and related links discussing the acute care
prospective payment system and the
outpatient prospective payment system
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/AcuteInpatientPPS/
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/HospitalOutpatientPPS/
3.
Patient Status Codes/discharge disposition:
http://www.trailblazerhealth.com/Publications/Job%20Aid/ub-92a_discharge.pdf
4.
Excellent site with articles with quizzes and cases on various coding issues
related
to the CCS/CCS-P; The main prep article that
is recommended to read first
provides a recommended list of resources for
further research
http://health-information.advanceweb.com/HIMStuff/CCSPrep.aspx
5.
Info on the Coding Clinic query process.
http://www.ahacentraloffice.org/ahacentraloffice/html/icd9cm.html
6.
Direct link to a DRG calculator! Enter in the codes from all your inpatient
cases
in and watch the magic of DRGs!
http://www.irpsys.com/cgi-bin/webplus.exe?Script=/irpsys/drgcalc.wml
7. OIG workplan: Knowledge about compliance
issues is not complete without an
udnerstanding of the OIG and its workplan
other related issues. The AHIMA text
Effective Management of Coding Services also
has a great chapter on Compliance
issues in coding. Prepare now for Domain 9
of the 2007 CCS multiple choice
competencies
by familiarizing yourself with compliance issues.
http://oig.hhs.gov/publications/workplan.html
8.
HIPAA resource: Familiarize yourself with real-life privacy and confidentiality
issues in preparation for the new 2007 CCS
multiple choice competencies--Domain 8
http://www.hipaadvisory.com/
9.
Check out AHIMA's recent presentation on ED coding also as you will need to
make sure that you are abreast of the ICD-9
coding changes related to ED coding.
10. APCs/OPPS:
The main thing you need to know is what the items that are required to
group/calculate an APC and what items would affect or change them significantly.
group/calculate an APC and what items would affect or change them significantly.
http://www.acep.org/practres.aspx?id=30464
11. OPPS/APC terminology: Terminology peculiar
to APCs--for example instead of a
case mix index (like for
DRGs), there is a corresponding term "service mix index"
for APCs.
for APCs.
