Award-winning Medical Coding Software: A smarter, faster way to code medical claims
For over a decade, CodeLink® has been the number one choice for healthcare service providers and medical claims coders, and has also been selected by more practice management systems vendors than any other comparable system. CodeLink® now offers new claims editing features within the application that provide additional information on the precise codes and claim information selected by the user. These new rules specifically address utilization, validation, modifier usage, and the National Correct Coding Initiative (CCI) edits for unbundling and potential upcoding occurrences.
CodeLink® 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. CodeLink® 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, which means fewer Medicare denials, improved reimbursements, and lower audit liability, among many other benefits.
Some of the other features and benefits designed to help users avoid the most common coding pitfalls include:
- Fast and accurate lookup of CPT®, HCPCS, and ICD-9-CM codes, which dramatically reduces time and errors in coding
- Procedure-to-diagnosis code linkages (available for all major specialties), which help ensure that reported diagnoses support and justify billed services
- Full expansion of ICD-9-CM fourth and fifth digits to ensure proper code selection
- Cautions for patient age and sex-specific codes, as well as warnings for manifestations and unspecified codes, which help minimize reporting errors
- An E/M code finder feature that makes evaluation and management coding a snap
- Access to Medicare's rules and regulations on a code-by-code basis
- Access to Medicare's fees by carrier and fiscal intermediary
- Fragmentations and rebundling
- Multiple surgery reduction requirements
- Number of follow-up days
- Multiple endoscopy procedure rules
- Bilateral surgery restrictions
- Assistant surgeon requirements
- Professional/technical modifier usage
- Consultation service billing requirements
- Modifier reporting rules
- Co-surgery and team surgery requirements
- Supply charge restrictions
- Pre-operative, intra-operative, and post-operative components
To meet the varying needs of medical professionals, Context4 Healthcare Inc. offers CodeLink® Classic and CodeLink® Plus.
| Which version of CodeLink® is best for you? | Classic | Plus |
| Procedure-to-diagnosis code linkages (available for all major specialties) | • | • |
| Full expansion of ICD-9-CM fourth and fifth digits to ensure proper code selection | • | • |
| Cautions for patient age and sex-specific codes, as well as warning for manifestations and unspecified code | • | • |
| Medicare rules and regulations provided on a code-by-code basis | • | • |
| Retrieval of Medicare's National Correct Coding Policy and Medicare fees by carrier locality | • | |
| Fragmentations and rebundling | • | |
| Multiple surgery reduction requirements | • | |
| Multiple endoscopy procedure rules | • | |
| Bilateral surgery restrictions | • | |
| Assistant surgeon requirements | • | |
| Professional/technical modifier usage | • | |
| Consultation service billing requirements | • | |
| Modifier reporting rules | • | |
| Co-surgery and team surgery requirements | • | |
| Supply charge restrictions | • | |
| Pre-, intra-, and post-operative components | • | |
| Complete Medicare Fee Schedule data (for locality) from par allowable to limiting charges | • |
