Master ICD-10-CM coding for risk adjustment, HCC models, documentation improvement and Medicare Advantage compliance.
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The CRC (Certified Risk Adjustment Coder) is the AAPC's credential for coders who review provider documentation for risk adjustment payment models, such as the CMS-HCC model used in Medicare Advantage. It validates your ability to assign accurate ICD-10-CM diagnosis codes, recognize documentation that supports hierarchical condition categories (HCCs), write compliant queries and follow risk adjustment data validation rules. The exam is open-book, so you can use approved code manuals.
The CRC exam evaluates your knowledge across these areas:
Medicare Advantage data rules, attestation, overpayments and HIPAA safeguards.
ICD-10-CM guidelines for provider-based and outpatient encounters.
Compliant queries and documentation that supports chronic conditions.
CMS-HCC hierarchies, risk scores and ACA risk adjustment.
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Covers risk adjustment compliance: MA data submission, attestation, overpayments, internal audits and HIPAA safeguards.
Start Practice →Tests diagnosis coding: ICD-10-CM guidelines, history codes, abnormal findings and risk adjustment submission rules.
Start Practice →Focuses on documentation improvement: compliant queries, chronic condition documentation and telehealth encounters.
Start Practice →Reviews the purpose and use of risk adjustment: problem lists, chronic disease documentation, risk scores and overpayments.
Start Practice →Covers risk adjustment models: CMS-HCC hierarchies, MA quality ratings, ACA risk adjustment and data validation.
Start Practice →Risk adjustment coding captures every documented chronic and acute condition so a health plan's payments reflect how sick its members are. Accurate ICD-10-CM codes map to hierarchical condition categories (HCCs) that drive risk scores.
Medicare Advantage plans, ACA health plans, provider groups, coding vendors and audit firms, many of them with remote positions.
Master the ICD-10-CM outpatient guidelines, learn how HCC hierarchies work, practice deciding whether documentation supports a diagnosis, then take timed practice exams. Our five CRC practice sets follow these areas.
The CRC is in high demand as more patients enroll in Medicare Advantage and value-based plans. It supports careers in risk adjustment coding, auditing and documentation improvement, often remote.