Certified Coding Specialist--Physician-based (CCS-P)

Competency Statements

A certification examination is based on an explicit set of competencies. These competencies were determined by job analysis surveys of hospital-based coders (for the CCS exam) and physician-based coders (for the CCS-P exam). The competencies are subdivided into domains, subdomains, and tasks as shown in the tables below. Examinations test only content pertaining to the following competencies.

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