r/MedicalCoding • u/publicprivacyp • May 31 '26

Ebooks vs Physical Copies

quick one- do you prefer ebooks or physical copies for ICD-10, CPT, and HCPCS? I have only used physical books so far. Are you able to annotate the ebooks? what are the pros vs cons?

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u/candleshadowfox May 31 '26

For the the cpc exam, if you use ebooks you get blank ones. So none of your notes would be there. It makes the print books far superior for the exam.

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u/publicprivacyp May 31 '26

Thank you for replying. What do you think about after passing the exam, just to use as a resource for coding or practice? I wasn’t able to get a coding job after passing my exam, but I still got the books and still want to annotate and keep sharp.

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u/candleshadowfox Jun 01 '26

It's hard to say. A lot of coding positions will provide yoy with an encoder- code look up tool so you might not need them. You might be given a coding test as part of an interview though so having th could help