What is iMedCodes?
iMedCodes is a comprehensive, online resource designed to facilitate the coding research required for the submission of medical claims to insurance companies. iMedCodes is a web-based system that is custom tailored for medical associations. It's purpose is to offer their members an invaluable tool that will help them with their coding efforts. The system is utilized by medical offices, outsourced coding service providers, and independent coding professionals. iMedCodes is recognized as a more sophisticated, cost-effective, and green solution compared to paper-based tools. This unique coding tool can be TAILORED to suit any medical specialty. It incorporates industry relevant ICD-9/ICD-10, HCPCS, and CPT codes into one easy to use comprehensive platform that can stand alone or be integrated with your existing website.
No more struggling and wasting time looking up codes. With our easy search function you can find the codes you are looking for quickly and efficiently without having to download any software whatsoever. Because it's all online, as long as you have access to the Internet, you have acces to IMedCodes.
Features 
Benefits
- Additional stream of revenue
- Increases membership value
- Reduced distribution and maintenance costs of paper-based manuals
- Web traffic increased by member visitors
- Increased awareness of sponsoring associations
- Enhanced perception of the Association as a center of excellence and best practice
- Feedback mechanism can enhance dialogue with members to better understand their needs
- Provides a “one stop“ resource for members
- Navigation friendly: Easy to use, intuitive and convenient
- Codes are updated frequently to ensure accurate information
- Provides a more eco-friendly manner of distribution compared to paper manuals
- Online access provides savings to members working from multiple locations
- Easier access to coding information can enhance collection rates
- Maintains all industry relevant CPT codes and guidelines
- Current ICD-9-CM codes (ICD-10-CM codes when available in 2011)
- Current HCPCS codes
- Medicare National Correct Coding Initiative (CCI Edits)
- CPT codes with Relative Value Units (RVUs)
- Medicare assistant surgeon code designations
- Medicare global period designations
- Individual procedure Local Coverage Determination (LCD) links
- DME references, coverage guidelines and links
- Fully indexed and searchable Coding Document Library
- Medicare references and citations, including E/M coding and documentation guidelines
- Advanced search and navigation features
CPTs
The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code set is maintained by the American Medical Association and accurately describes medical, surgical, and diagnostic services. It is designed to communicate uniform information about medical services and procedures among physicians, coders, patients, accreditation organizations, and payers for administrative, financial, and analytical purposes. The current code set version is the CPT 2010.
CPT Medical Coding Tools:
- Convenient code finder using advanced search features
- Key word search: Brings you to a list of relevant codes quickly
- Includes a full description of the latest codes as well as component codes
- CCI Edit lookups, instructions and a resource document library
- Includes primary and secondary ICD9 codes that are associated with CPT code
- Contains modifier indicators
- Custom Note feature for reminders like Post-it® notes
- Code favorites: one click will add code to your favorites list
ICD9's
The International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (most commonly known by the abbreviation ICD) provides codes to classify diseases and a wide variety of signs, symptoms, abnormal findings, complaints, social circumstances, and external causes of injury or disease. Under this system, every health condition can be assigned to a unique category and given a code.
ICD9 Medical Coding Tools:
- Convenient code finder using advanced search features
- Keyword search: Brings you to relevant code information quickly
- Includes a full description of the latest codes as well as component codes
- Volume 1: Tabular Lists
- Classification of diseases and injuries
- Volume 2: Index Lists
- Index of diseases and injuries
- Index to external causes (E Codes)
- Supplementary classification of external causes of injury and poisoning
- ICD-9-CM and ICD-10-CM resource document library
- Custom Note feature for reminders like Post-it® notes
- Code favorites: one click will add code to your favorites list
CPT and ICD9's together!
HCPCs
The Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS, often pronounced by its acronym as "hick picks") is a set of health care procedure codes based on the American Medical Association's Current Procedural Terminology (CPT). The HCPC System was established in 1978 to provide a standardized coding system for describing the specific items and services provided in the delivery of health care. Such coding is necessary for Medicare, Medicaid, and other health insurance programs to ensure that insurance claims are processed in an orderly and consistent manner.
HCPCS Medical Coding Tools:
- Convenient code finder using advanced search features
- Keyword search: Brings you to relevant code information quickly
- Includes a full description of the latest codes as well component codes, allowable costs and product examples
- HCPCS Supply Codes including allowable costs
- HCPCS Level II modifiers
- Document Resource Center
- Custom Note feature for reminders like Post-it® notes
- Code favorites: one click will add code to your favorites list
Medicare LCD Guidelines
Medicare Local Coverage Determination Guidelines determines what can be covered and what can't, and provides requirements that must be met in order to process payments. iMedCodes provides access to the Medicare LCD Guidelines for all 50 states..
According to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, "Medicare coverage is limited to items and services that are reasonable and necessary for the diagnosis or treatment of an illness or injury". This is determined by the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Service (CMS). It dictates what's covered and what's not. iMedCodes provides the requirements that must be met in order to process insurance claims.
Correct Coding Initiative Edits
Medicare developed the National Correct Coding Initiative (NCCI) to promote national correct coding methodologies and to control improper coding leading to inappropriate payment in Part B claims.
CCI policies were created based on the vast coding conventions found in:
- Paper-based CPT manuals
- National and local policies
- Guidelines developed by national societies
- Analysis of standard medical and surgical practices
- Reviews of current coding practices
The CMS updates the NCCI annually and these are reflected in iMedCodes.
Additional Information
iMedCodes is a valuable research tool that supports medical coders in performing their work more confidently, quickly and completely. Advanced coding reference tools like iMedCodes can help reduce billing denials, ensure compliance with coding standards and capture the maximum medical reimbursement for their clients. iMedCodes supports the rapid completion of medical coding and is recognized by users as an essential front-end resource to expedite their work. iMedCodes is a modern, intuitive, web-based system that provides the best coding research resource for your customers or members.
