The TDS said successful trainees would be obtaining their certification from the
American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC), the largest medical coding certifying organization.
We engage high quality qualified and experienced resources, certified by various schools, such as the
American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC) and American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA).
Simultaneously, coders began the educational process by utilizing resources from such organizations as the
American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC), the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), and a multitude of training tools offered by private insurers.
Two major certifying bodies are the American Health Information Management Association (www.ahima.org) and the
American Academy of Professional Coders (www.aapc.com).
The
American Academy of Professional Coders (www.aapc.com) devotes an entire section of its Web site to ICD-10.
Stephanie Jones, CPC-EMS, is vice president of member services at the
American Academy of Professional Coders, the nation's largest education and credentialing association for medical coders.
Through its subsidiary,
American Academy of Professional Coders, or AAPC, Eli is a leading provider of education, examinations, and certifications to the medical coding profession.
The Coding Institute (Naples, FL), a supplier of medical coding information and a division of Eli Research (Washington, D.C.), has acquired the
American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC; Salt Lake City, UT), an association that certifies medical coders for physician offices, outpatient facilities and claims processing operations.