Certified Emergency Department Coder (CEDC)® certification 

Ability to read and abstract physician office notes and operative notes to apply correct ICD-10-CM codes, CPT® codes, HCPCS Level II codes, and modifiers

Understanding of evaluation and management (E/M) guidelines for ED services

Knowledge of rules and regulations for Medicare billing — including incident to, teaching situations, shared visits, consultations, and global surgery

Coding of ancillary procedures performed in an ED

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

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