Candidates for the HIMAA Challenge Examination for Intermediate ICD-10-AM, ACH and ACS clinical coding should have a minimum of twelve month's coding experience in a major hospital with medical records generated by an episode of care such as day surgery, planned surgery or simple medical problems.

A minimum mark of 80% for the Challenge Examination for Intermediate ICD-10-AM, ACHI and ACS within fifteen months of the intake date is required to be eligible to enrol in the Intermediate ICD-10AM, ACHI and ACS clinical coding course.  This challenge examination is a two hour written examination and consists of three parts
Part 1  multiple choice (10 questions) 
Part 2  case studies (8 case studies) 
Part 3  discharge summaries (3 summaries)

A practice  paper will be emailed after processing of the application and payment.

Examination dates
There are two dates scheduled for the Challenge Examination for Intermediate ICD-10-AM, ACHI and ACS and candidates must sit on one of these dates

15 March - enrolment for the May intake
Applications accepted after 4 January and before 8 February

14 June - enrolment for the August intake
Applications accepted after 6 April and before 7 May

If you fail the examination you can apply to resit on the next scheduled examination date.  Payment of another fee applies.

Note
Use of the 3M Codefinder or similar software or program is not permitted for completion of the challenge examination.

                                                                                                   Updated 1 September 2020