This book highlights important content necessary to pass the CPC exam. It includes all the content sections found in the exam AND two full practice exams with answers and rationales. Using a general outline format, the text covers anatomy and terminology for each body area, reimbursement issues, and an overview of CPT, ICD-9-CM, and HCPCS coding. Unit IV contains a pre-exam, modeled after the actual AAPC CPC certification exam. Also included is a bound-in CD-ROM with a post-exam, (which has the same content as the pre-exam), along with a final exam. Basic outline format, with figures for reference as needed, provides quick and easy review for students. Text highlights important content information required to pass the CPC exam. Bound-in CD-ROM contains a post-exam to give students more practice with the electronic format, especially now that the actual CPC exam is administered via computer. CD-ROM also contains a final exam modeled after the actual AAPC CPC certification exam. IER contains various course planning tools that allow the instructor flexibility to adapt the book to classroom needs. Includes suggestions for how instructors can implement the new practice resource The Extra Step: Physician-Based Coding Practice. Additional quizzes for extra assessment (located on the CD-ROM) give instructors another resource to readily test their students' knowledge.