Refer to the chart below to identify approved books and resources for the various certification exams. You may also download this information for your convenience.
Chart Key: The numbers in this list represent the list items.
CPT® (AMA CPT® Professional Edition ONLY). No other publisher is allowed.
Your choice of ICD-10-CM. Also approved: The printed ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines. Highlighting, underlining and brief notations needed for day-to-day coding is permitted on the printed side of the page. Long passages of information are not permitted on the blank pages of the printout.
Your choice of HCPCS Level II code book.
The CMS 1995 and 1997 Evaluation and Management (E/M Documentation Guidelines.)
E/M Audit Worksheets of your choice
ASA RVG
CPT® crosswalk
Anatomical charts or pictures of the vascular tree. These may have codes on them.
Both volumes of the Coding Companion
One reference of your choice. This does allow Medical Dictionary.
OIG Supplemental Compliance Program Guidance for Hospitals.
OIG Compliance Program for Individuals & Small Group Physician Practices.
OIG Compliance Program Guidance for Third-Party Medical Billing Companies.
(Notes on the printed sides of OIG pages are allowed.)
Allowed Reference Material: manual calculators are allowed for all exams (No smartphones, smart watches, or Fitbits)