American Academy of Professional Coders


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(AAPC) (ă-mer'i-kăn ă-kad'ĕ-mē prō-fesh'ŭn-ăl kō'dĕrz) A national organization that offers three specialized certifications for medical coders: that for coders in a physician's office is guaranteed by Certified Professional Coder (CPC), for coding billing for outpatients in a hospital Certified Professional Coder-Hospital (CPC-H), and for payer perspective coding, Certified Professional Coder-Payer (CPC-P).