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- Search for the latest CPT® codes, HCPCS Level II codes, ICD-9-CM codes, revenue codes, modifiers and code-specific reference data using acronyms, abbreviations or medical terms. Your facility will be up-to-date on all code sets and rules pertaining to hospital inpatient and outpatient services.
- Code search results are provided at the highest level of specificity. Includes commonly used abbreviations linked to codes like MRSA, IUGR and NEC¾just look up the abbreviation and get the meaning and the code in one step.
- Understand Medicare coding and billing guidelines as they apply to Medicare Part A hospital services. CPT® and HCPCS Level II codes are linked directly to Pub.100 references, CMS transmittals and medical necessity rules (LCDs and NCDs). These tools will help you maintain coding compliance by providing the necessary validation for coding hospital inpatient and outpatient services, supplies and drugs.
- Access information from top-selling DRG products, such as the DRG Expert and DRG Desk Reference from Ingenix. With a click of your mouse, you will be able to identify new ICD-9-CM codes, the DRGs they group to, all ICD-9-CM codes associated with each MDC and DRG, detailed DRG, RW and length of stay information, transfer DRGs and DRGs that may be optimized. Guidelines are designed specifically for improving hospital reimbursement and financial forecasting and alerting the facility to possible coding problems.
- Comprehensive DRG data and documentation guidelines guide your coders to better and more compliant code assignment. Identify what generates a CC, which DRGs have the potential to be optimized and which codes group to targeted DRGs.
- Make sure you are correctly using CPT®, HCPCS Level II and ICD-9-CM codes. Lay descriptions, code book annotations, images and exclusive Ingenix content will help you make sure that the procedure, drug, item and diagnosis codes submitted on claims are valid, accurately assigned and appropriately linked.
- Easily find and resolve inpatient and outpatient edits using one source. Edit icons identify facility PPS edits - outpatient OCE, device code edits, hospital CCI edits and all inpatient MCE edits. Plus, clear edit explanations and edit resolution tips help you resolve them. Understanding how to resolve claim edits is one of the keys to improving your denial management process.
- Link clinical code sets to billing and payment information. Help your staff make the correct coding decisions and increase the efficiency across every revenue cycle department.
- Improve coordination and problem-solving among key revenue cycle departments such as HIM, CDM, PFS and Admitting. This will help improve revenue capture and accelerate cash flow.
- Cross-coding relationships. Quickly link to codes that are unique to hospital billing, codes used with specific revenue codes, interventional radiology codes and related surgical procedures.
- Exclusive code crosswalks, links and coding tips
simplify the research process and increase productivity.
Crosswalk from:
- ICD-9-CM procedure codes to CPT® or HCPCS Level II procedure codes
- Clinical codes to CPT® Assistant and AHA Coding Clinic references
- Clinical codes to CCI, OCE and MCE edits, modifiers, revenue codes, coverage, and related procedures
- ICD-9-CM, CPT® and HCPCS Level II codes to Medicare inpatient, outpatient, and device code edits
- Revenue codes to specific coding tips from the Uniform Billing Editor
- CPT® or HCPCS Level II codes to revenue codes
