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Certified Billing and Coding Specialist (CBCS) Examination

Credential Source Contact Information

Source Company Name:
National Healthcareer Association
Contact:
Jennifer Dehn, Certification Specialist
Phone:
913661.5562
Website:
www.nhanow.com

Credential Contractor

Credential Contractor:
Same as source
Contact:
Same as source
Phone:
Same as source
Email:
Same as source

Test Administration

Test Site:
  • School: Online
  • Testing facility
Paper & Pencil
No
Can the instructor take this test?:
Yes
Number of Test Items:
100 scored, 25 pretest (No response from source about accommodations or test information for 2023-24 or 2024-25.)
Time Allowed (minutes):

180

(No response from source about accommodations or test information for 2023-24 or 2024-25.)

Passing Score (percent):

390/500 scaled

(No response from source about accommodations or test information for 2023-24 or 2024-25.)

Cost Per Test:

$125

(No response from source about accommodations or test information for 2023-24 or 2024-25.)

Test Specifics:

https://www.nhanow.com/certification/nha-certifications/medical-billing-and-coding-specialist-(cbcs)

(No response from source about accommodations or test information for 2023-24 or 2024-25.)

 

Additional information:

No response from source about accommodations or test information for 2023-24 or 2024-25.

  • Updated CBCS exam requires the following manuals on exam day:
    • CPT Professional Edition-2021
    • HCPCS Level II-2021
    • ICD-10-CM-2021.
  • If learners fail to bring these manuals with them on testing day, they will not be allowed to take the exam and will forfeit their registration fee.
  • Please read the FAQs and the Candidate Handbook (Pages 44-45) for more information on this and other changes.
  • FAQs: https://fs.hubspotusercontent00.net/hubfs/1430252/campaigns/2021/CBCS/CBCS%20FAQ_.pdf
  • Study guide and practice assessments are available for purchase and have been developed to align with the CBCS Test Plan.
  • Contact credential source for necessary documents to become a testing site.
  • Candidate Handbook: http://nhanow.com/docs/default-source/pdfs/handbooks/nha-candidate-handbook4d5de88694956aeb8535ff0f00b0a11e.pdf
  • A candidate who is scheduled to graduate from an accredited high school or GED program (or other equivalency test recognized by the candidate’s state or residency) may take the certification exam and receive a provisional certification up to 12 months before graduation as long as all certification eligibility requirements are met. A provisional certification is a placeholder and is intended to allow candidates to take certification exams as near to the time they complete their training even though they have not yet met the eligibility requirement of holding a high school diploma or its equivalency needed to receive a standard (full) certification.

Possible Preparatory Courses

Timing

Multiple test sessions:
No
Time of day
Yes
Order of tasks
No
Planned breaks during test
Yes
Is extended time an option for the test-taker?
No

Setting

Test location
Yes
Adaptive or special furniture
No
Special lighting
Yes

Presentation

Written directions accompanying oral directions
Yes
Specific verbal prompts
No
Visual aids
No
Amplification equipment
No
Headphones, earmuffs, or earplugs
Yes
Large-print test
No
Braille test
No
Read-aloud test
Yes
Audio test
No
Interpreting/transliterating testing directions
No
Interpreting/Transliterating the test
No

Response

Enlarged copy of the answer document
No
Communication board or choice cards
No
Examiner records responses
Yes
Brailler
No
Word processor or word processor with speech-to-text
No
Augmentative communication device
No
Word prediction software
No
Spelling aids
No
English dictionary
No
Dictation using a recording device
No
Dictation to a scribe
No
Read back student response
No
Calculator and arithmetic tools
No
Calculator with additional functions
No
Math aids
No
Dry erase board
No
Additional writing implements
Yes

Audio test
No
Bilingual dictionary
No
Dictation to a scribe
No
English dictionary
No
Examiner records responses
No
Flexible Schedule
No
Is extended time an option for the test-taker?
No
Multiple test sessions
No
Read-aloud test
No
Test directions delivery
No
Visual aids
No
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