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AAPC (healthcare)

American professional association

Abbreviation	AAPC
Formation	1988 (1988)
Focus	Healthcare administrator training and certification
Headquarters	Salt Lake City, Utah
Region served	United States
Services	Certification,[1] training,[2] conferences[3]
Membership	200,000 (2022)
Official language	English
Chief executive officer	Bevan Erickson
Website	www.aapc.com
Formerly called	American Academy of Professional Coders

The AAPC, previously known by the full title of the American Academy of Professional Coders,^[4] is a professional association for people working in specific areas of administration within healthcare businesses in the United States.^[5] AAPC is one of a number of providers who offer services such as certification and training to medical coders,^[4] medical billers, auditors, compliance managers, and practice managers in the United States. As of April 2019^[update], AAPC has over 190,000 worldwide members,^[6] of which nearly 155,000 are certified.^[7]

History[edit]

The AAPC was founded in 1988,^[6] as the American Academy of Professional Coders, with the aim of providing education and certification to coders working in physician-based settings. These settings include group practices and specialty centers (i.e. non-hospital settings). In 2010, as their services had expanded beyond medical and outpatient coding, the full name was dropped in favor of the AAPC initialism.^{[8][failed verification]}

Products and services[edit]

AAPC provides training, certification,^[9] and other services to individuals and organizations across medical coding, medical billing, auditing, compliance, and practice management. These services include networking events such as medical coding seminars and conferences.^[10]

Certifications[edit]

AAPC offers a number of certifications for healthcare professionals, including:

• Medical coding and medical billing, including stand-alone certifications in over 20 specialty areas,^[11][12][13]
• Medical auditing
• Medical compliance
• Physician practice management

See also[edit]

• Health informatics
• Information governance
• Medical classification

External links[edit]

• AAPC official site

References[edit]

Medicine/Medicine topics