Medical codingAdvanced exam preparationFully online
Certified Professional Coder (CPC) Exam Preparation
Advanced exam preparation. This is exam preparation for people with prior coding or billing knowledge, not beginner career training.
Cost
$3,600
Published tuition (Course tuition)
| Item | Amount | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Course tuition Published price · includes live instruction, AAPC membership (1 year), two CPC exam attempts, Practicode subscription | $3,600 total | Compulsory? not stated |
- Other compulsory charges may exist that the provider does not publish.
- Prices checked October 18, 2026.
Delivery and schedule
- Format
- Fully online
- Pacing
- Mixed
- Scheduled live attendance
- Yes — live sessions
- Start dates
- Scheduled start datesNext listed start date December 7, 2026
- Expected duration
- 4 weeks of live instruction (36 hours), then up to 90 days to complete Practicode
- Weekly workload
- Not published
- Course access
- Not published
- In-person requirements
- None stated by the provider
Award and certification
- Award from the institution
- No award statedIssued by AIMS Education
- Academic credit
- Noncredit
- Professional credential preparation
- CPC — Certified Professional CoderExam voucher included · 2 attempts published · membership includedTuition includes one year of AAPC membership, two exam attempts, Practicode subscription and Codify Coder Search app.Provider statement
- CPC — Certified Professional Coder
- Eligibility caveat
- Completing this program does not award a professional credential. Eligibility requirements are set by the credentialing body and may include separate education, membership or experience conditions.
Curriculum
- Overview
- Non-credit continuing education course: four weeks of live online instruction (36 hours) followed by up to 90 days of self-paced AAPC Practicode practice; tuition includes AAPC membership and two CPC exam attempts.
- Main subjects
- ICD-10-CM diagnosis coding
- CPT procedure coding
- HCPCS Level II
- Modifiers and E/M coding
- Surgery coding and operative report review
- Medical terminology and anatomy review
- CPC-style practice exams
- Coding systems covered
- ICD-10-CM, CPT, HCPCS
- Billing and reimbursement content
- Not published
- Medical terminology and anatomy
- Not published
- Software or practice platform
- Not published
- Practical exercises
- AAPC Practicode practicum (required, within 90 days)Simulated or practice exercises are not employment experience.
Admissions
- Educational prerequisites
- Graduate of a medical billing and coding certificate program with at least 45 contact hours of coding education, or at least one year of professional coding experience; prior knowledge of terminology and anatomy recommended
- Audience
- Experienced coders
- Age requirement
- Not published
- State or residency restrictions
- None published
- Technology requirements
- Not published
Financial assistance
- Federal student aid
- Stated as not eligible
- Payment plan
- Not confirmed
- Other
- Nothing published
Aid eligibility is checked per program. A university marketing a course does not make that course aid-eligible, and financing is not a scholarship or grant.
Who is behind this program
- Institution marketing the program
- AIMS Education College of Health Sciences · Career school Research checked
- Actual training provider
- AIMS Education College of Health Sciences (same as the institution)
- Underlying program
- Certified Professional Coder (CPC) Exam Preparation
- Institutional accreditation / approvals
- Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools (ABHES) InstitutionalInstitutional accreditation; continuing education courses are excluded from the scope of accreditationSource
Institutional accreditation does not mean a program is approved by a professional certification body.- Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools (ABHES) Institutional
Sources and review
Last reviewed October 18, 2026. Source check: “verified” means the quoted text was found on the page by an automated check; “pending” means not yet checked or the page could not be read.
- verifiedinstitutionaimseducation.edu“AIMS Education College of Health Sciences is institutionally accredited by the Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools (ABHES)”
- verifiedawardaimseducation.edu“Participants in continuing education courses are considered non-matriculated students and will not earn academic credit.”
- verifieddurationaimseducation.edu“Students must complete the Practicode portion within 90 days.”
- verifiedcurriculumaimseducation.edu“The CPC Exam Preparation course provides a focused review of ICD-10-CM, CPT, and HCPCS Level II coding”
- verifiedadmissionsaimseducation.edu“Be a graduate of a Medical Billing and Coding certificate program that included a minimum of 45 contact hours of foundational medical cod…”
- verifiedfinancial aidaimseducation.edu“No, federal funds cannot be used to pay for this course, as it is a non-credit continuing education course.”
- verifiedapproval:Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools (ABHES)aimseducation.edu“All continuing education courses are excluded from the scope of AIMS Education's grant of accreditation from ABHES.”
- verifiedofficial pageaimseducation.edu
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