CCHIIM ICD-10 Continuing Education Requirements for AHIMA Certified Professionals

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ICD-10-CM/PCS Specific CEU Requirements
AHIMA Certified Professionals are required by CCHIIM to participate in a predetermined number of mandatory baseline educational experiences specific to ICD-10-CM/PCS. These ICD-10-CM/PCS specific CEUs will count as part of all AHIMA certificants’ total CEU requirements for the purpose of recertification. Stated differently, the following CEU requirements will be included as part of each certificants’ total, required CEUs, by credential, per CEU Cycle.

The total number of ICD-10-CM/PCS continuing education units (CEUs) required, by AHIMA credential, is as follows:
* CHPS – 1 CEU
* CHDA – 6 CEUs
* RHIT – 6 CEUs
* RHIA – 6 CEUs
* CCS-P – 12 CEUs
* CCS – 18 CEUs
* CCA – 18 CEUs

Certificants who hold more than one AHIMA credential will only report the highest number of CEUs from among all credentials held. For example, if a certificant has both an RHIA and CCS, the certificant would normally report 40 (30 CEUs for RHIA and an additional 10 CEUs for CCS) CEUs per recertification cycle, and 18 of these CEUs will be required to cover ICD-10-CM/PCS.