Certified Emergency Department Coder (CEDC) Course

The Certified Emergency Department Coder exam was developed and introduced to healthcare industry, aiming to produce top-class Certified Emergency Department specialist coders who are much needed for ED projects, this credential raises the industry coders benchmark and helps clients to confidently run such projects smoothly. Any coder with good coding knowledge and sufficient working experience in Emergency Department coding are encouraged to take up this course and sit for the CEDC exam after undergoing complete training from us. This specialty exam aptly measure preparedness for “real-world” coding by being operative/patient-note based.

Erendiz Academy and Certified Emergency Department Coder Course

Erendiz Academy gives CEDC online and classroom training in Hyderabad and PAN INDIA aims to provide you healthcare industry top-class training to clear rigorous CEDC certification examination with very high score percentages. CEDC certification validates excellence in coding the wide range of procedures performed by emergency department physicians, including thoracentesis, laceration repair, moderate sedation, fracture care, foreign body removal, and so on.

Obtaining a CEDC credential indicates that you can:

  • Ability to read and abstract physician office notes and procedure notes to apply correct ICD-10-CM, CPT®, HCPCS Level II and modifier coding assignments
  • Evaluation and management (both the 1995 and 1997 Documentation Guidelines)
  • Rules and regulations of Medicare billing including (but not limited to) incident to, teaching situations, shared visits, consultations and global surgery
  • Coding of surgical procedures performed by ED physicians such as thoracentesis, laceration repair, fracture care, foreign body removal, etc.
  • Coding of moderate sedation
  • Time-based coding
  • Medical terminology, Anatomy and physiology

The New Structure of the CEDC Exam

  • 100 multiple-choice questions (proctored)
  • 4 hours to complete the exam
  • Open Code Books (manuals)
  • 70% passing score required

Mode of Training

  • Online
  • Classroom