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CPC Exam Prep: Your Roots Are Showing

This sample CPC exam question tries to trick test takers. Learn how to outsmart it. Roots are one key to doing well on the AAPC’s medical coding certification exam. No, not the ones you touch up at the salon, but…

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CPC Exam Prep Advice: Decipher Medical Word Endings

“Don’t let medical jargon cost you the CPC exam” and the chance to earn a certified coder’s higher salary, advises Leesa A. Israel, CPC, CUC, CMBS. “If you know common medical prefixes, suffixes, and other terminology basics, you’ll ace the first…

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