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This CPMA exam preparation program takes your coding experience into auditing. You will learn to review medical records, validate the accuracy of coding and documentation, and evaluate compliance with federal regulations and payer policies.
Our CPMA program is built for experienced coders, billers, and compliance professionals who want to specialize in medical auditing. It directly complements a credential such as the CPC, COC, or CRC.
Self-paced: study after your shift, on the weekend, or whenever your schedule allows.
Master the full audit cycle: planning, statistical sampling, medical record abstraction, risk analysis, and communicating findings. Learn to identify undercoding, overcoding, and unbundling, and to apply OIG, CMS, and NCCI guidelines together with payer policies.
AAPC recommends at least two years of coding experience before taking the CPMA exam, along with a solid foundation in medical terminology, anatomy, and pathophysiology.
To build that foundation, Codingforhealth offers CPC preparation and the Medical Terminology and Anatomy course.
100% online and self-paced.
Move through each module at your own pace during the access period included with your enrollment.
The preparation includes lessons, medical record audit cases, abstraction exercises, per-module assessments, and final preparation for the CPMA exam.
The CPMA preparation is organized around the seven areas the exam assesses:
Choose the option that best matches the resources you want included in your preparation.
One-time payment or payment plans available.
Certified Professional Medical Auditor (CPMA) is an AAPC credential focused on medical auditing: reviewing medical records, coding and documentation accuracy, and compliance with federal regulations and payer policies.
The CPC concentrates on assigning codes for professional services. The CPMA concentrates on auditing that work: reviewing documentation, validating codes, and evaluating regulatory compliance. That is why AAPC recommends it for those who already have coding experience.
Codingforhealth’s CPMA preparation is online, taught in Spanish, and self-paced.
The exam assesses seven areas: Medical Record Standards and Documentation Guidelines, Compliance and Regulatory Guidelines, Coding and Reimbursement Concepts, Scope and Statistical Sampling Methodologies, Quality Assurance and Risk Analysis, Communication of Results and Findings, and Medical Record Auditing Abstraction. The last one is answered by auditing about 15 cases.
The CPMA exam has 100 multiple-choice questions and allows four hours to complete, in one sitting. It can be taken online from home with a live remote proctor, or at a testing center.
The CPMA exam is open book. AAPC allows the AMA’s CPT® Professional Edition and the ICD-10-CM and HCPCS Level II code books, under its current requirements for the exam year.
AAPC asks you to keep an active annual membership and complete 40 CEUs every two years.
