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Medical Coding Jobs: Professional Medical Coding Instructor (PMCC)


Medical coders are in demand. Being a Professional Medical Coding Instructor (PMCC) affords you the opportunity to expand your medical coding career into a business of your own. PMCCs are heroes in their community and the industry as they teach the medical coders of tomorrow.

Grow your medical coding career, salary, network and skills by becoming a PMCC.


PMCC License Benefits
Benefits include:
  1. Proctor medical coding examinations on site for students
  2. Receive AAPC web site referrals
  3. Includes instructor and student materials and books
  4. Instructional CDs with PowerPoint presentations
  5. eLearning resources
  6. Online medical coding simulation exercises available
  7. Encoder Pro® license included
  8. Provide medical coding CEUs for certified members in your area

Recent PMCC Upgrades

  1. New Medical Coding Curriculum: Step by Step and The Next Step - Curriculum from well know author, Carol J Buck, MS, CPC, CPC-H, CCS-P
  2. New Medical Coding Teaching Tools and Software: Medical coding simulation exercises for real live, practical experience coding charts
  3. Two PMCC Advisory Boards:
    1. PMCC Curriculum Advisory Board - Assisting AAPC in curriculum updates and changes as needed and recommended by medical coding instructors
    2. Teach The Teacher Advisory Board- Assisting AAPC in continuing teaching units, teaching tools, and PMCC instructor training
  4. Renewed Marketing Efforts:
    1. Online Search Engine Optimized (SEO) for potential medical coding students (i.e. "medical coding jobs")
    2. Active marketing by AAPC to recruit non-certified and student medical coders
Licensing Requirements
To become a certified Professional Medical Coding Instructor (PMCC), you must be a certified member of the American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC), and have at least five years medical coding experience and attend a PMCC Instructor Approval workshop.

The PMCC instructor workshop includes presentations on various teaching skills, oral presentation and written exams.

Once approved, eight Continuing Teaching Units (CTUs) will need to be submitted each year.

Licensing requirements include:
  1. Be a AAPC certified member;
  2. Have at least five years of medical coding experience;
  3. Completion of PMCC license workshop; and
  4. Purchase of PMCC/PMCC-H license
Download PMCC Application
You can download the PMCC application here, request an application or for information on upcoming PMCC workshops, contact the PMCC department at 800-626-2633 or email kris.taylor@aapc.com or karen.park@aapc.com.

Downloadable Files:
This is a .pdf form for Adobe Acrobat Reader PMCC Application

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