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THE BIG PICTURE CODELINK® 2011
• Access CPT®, HCPCS, A Smarter Faster Way to Code Medical Claims
and ICD-9-CM & ICD-10-
CM code lookups quickly INDUSTRY CHALLENGE:
and accurately to reduce Improperly coded medical clams increase costs and decrease
coding errors reimbursement and cash flow. Nearly 30% of all medical claims are
improperly coded, incomplete or have technical errors. These challenges
are compounded by a growing shortage of trained coders and billers.
CONTEXT SOLUTION:
Developed with coders in mind CodeLink® 2011 software provides fast
code look up with targeted results. Enter a keyword or code and
access a full array of essential coding guidelines, rules and information.
CodeLink® 2011 contains the entire listing of CPT®, HCPCS, and ICD-
9-CM codes, notes, and includes and excludes notes, linkage libraries
to cross-reference relationships between CPT® and ICD-9-CM codes
on a specialty-by-specialty basis.
CONTEXT BENEFITS:
CodeLink® 2011 also incorporates Medicare’s rules and regulations,
which are provided on a code-by-code basis and allows users to
retrieve Medicare’s National Correct Coding Policy and Medicare fees
by carrier and ZIP code.
PRODUCT FEATURES:
• Fast and accurate lookup of CPT®, HCPCS, and • Access to Medicare’s fees by carrier and locality
ICD-9-CM codes, which dramatically reduces time • Fragmentations and re-bundling
and errors in coding • Multiple surgery reduction requirements
• Procedure-to-diagnosis code linkages (available for • Number of follow-up days
all major specialties), which help ensure that reported • Multiple endoscopy procedure rules
diagnoses support and justify billed services • Bilateral surgery restrictions
• Full expansion of ICD-9-CM fourth and fifth digits to • Assistant surgeon requirements
ensure proper code selection • Professional/technical modifier usage
• Cautions for patient age and sex-specific codes, as • Consultation service billing requirements
well as warnings for manifestations and unspecified • Modifier reporting rules
codes, which help minimize reporting errors • Co-surgery and team surgery requirements
• An E/M code finder feature that makes evaluation • Supply charge restrictions
and management coding a snap • Pre-operative, intra-operative, and post-operative
• Access to Medicare’s rules and regulations on a components
code-by-code basis