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Certified Risk Adjustment Coder Training™
CRC™ Certification Course & Exam Prep for AAPC

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Offer by Data Report Cost Containment Corporation

36 Continued Education Units

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This online course prepares students to receive American Academy of Professional Coders CRC™credentials and qualify for a career as a medical risk adjustment coder. Now based on ICD-10 code set.

Benefits of CRC Certification Course Training
Students taking the CRC™ Certification Course will gain expertise in disease complexities — particularly those associated with chronic conditions and comorbidities — as well as expertise in ICD-10-CM guidelines and risk adjustment models.

 

Additional knowledge and proficiencies include:

  • Comprehending the impact of diagnosis coding on risk adjustment payments.

  • How to review and assign accurate medical codes for diagnoses.

  • How to apply medical coding guidelines and meet compliance requirements.

  • An understanding of the audit process for risk adjustment models.

  • Ability to identify documentation deficiencies and convey them to providers to improve accuracy of risk adjustment. scores

  • An understanding of anatomy, pathophysiology, and medical terminology, as they pertain to diagnosis coding.

Course Format | Home Study - Self Paced Course

  • Learners are able to go at their own pace. 

  • There is no scheduling involved. This is a great advantage for busy people with little free time.

  • Don't sacrifice other responsibilities just to suit the time the instructor assigned for the course to be held.

  • Higher knowledge retention and support of inductive thinking.

  • Knowledge retention and memory performance are one of the benefits that all self-paced learners benefit.

  • Must have access to laptop or desktop and computer mouse to successfully complete the course training.

Please note: The Certified Risk Adjustment Coder Training Course + Exam Prep price do not include the American Academy of Coders members fees. For futher information, view additional fees section.

Home Study
Self Paced

  • Quizzes

  • On-Demand Videos

  • Interactive Lectures

  • Chapter Reviews +

  • Chapter Exams

  • 24/7 Access to Training

  • CRC™ Preparation Course

  • Check Your Understanding Sections

  • $89.00 Coupon Voucher AAPC Membership + CRC™ Exam (1 attempt + 1 retake)

Hybrid
Instructor + Self Paced

  • Quizzes

  • On-Demand Videos

  • Interactive Lectures

  • Chapter Reviews +

  • Chapter Exams

  • 24/7 Access to Training

  • CRC™ Preparation Course

  • Check Your Understanding Sections

  • 8 hour training with Instructor via zoom platform

  • $89.00 Coupon Voucher AAPC Membership + CRC™ Exam (1 attempt + 1 retake) or 

  • $89.00 Coupon Voucher for AAPC Membership + CRC™ Exam ( 1 attempt)

CRC™ Certification Course Description

This online home study self-paced course, intended to be completed in 4 months, instructs essential risk adjustment coding skills and prepares students to take American Academy of Professional Coder's Certified Risk Adjustment Coder exam.

Student should plan to complete the program in 4 months. The CRC™ Certification Course consist of approximately 40 clock hours of course work.

Registration in this course includes

  • Analysis of ICD-10-CM coding for all risk adjustment models (HCC, HHS-ACA, CDPS).

  • Reading assignments, practice exercises, chapter reviews, module tests, and a final exam.

  • Access to student Q&A Forum with live instructor.

 

CRC™ Certification Course Learning Objectives

Students will be able to abstract clinical documentation correctly from the patient’s health record, interprets the patient’s health status and to ensure all clinically documented diagnoses and comorbidities are properly reported.

Business of Medicine    Chapter 1

  • Chapter 1 Activities

Complete the following activities for this chapter:

  • Step 1 - Chapter 1 – Business of Medicine. 

  • Step 2 - Complete the Check Your Understanding Quiz online.

  • Step 3 - Watch interactive lecture.

  • Step 4 - Complete the chapter review exam online.

Step 1 - Read Chapter 1 - Business of Medicine

Read CRC Chapter 1 -  Business of Medicine in your textbook.
 

Step 2 - Check Your Understanding Quiz

Step 3 - Interactive Lecture modularized interactive lecture.

Step 4 - Chapter 1 Review Exam

  • You have 2 hours to finish this exam.

  • You must pass the Module Review Exam with at least a 70% in order to pass the module and move forward.

  • You will have two chances to take the exam. Your highest score will be the one recorded for your grade. You are not required to retake the exam if you score over 70% on your first attempt.

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