3MTM CodefinderTM Software is a comprehensive encoding system used by over 5,000 healthcare organizations worldwide. The 3MTM CodefinderTM Software helps you manage the complex rules and terminology of ICD-9-CM coding, following all the mandated rules, principles, and guidelines. The software is designed to provide appropriate support for beginning to expert level coders. This system guides the coder through the coding process, covering the full range of situations from complex to a repetitive or typical patient encounter.
Quality Begins With Quality Data
Today, coding the patient record focuses on far more than securing appropriate reimbursement. Accurate coding is also at the core of the decision-making processes that can affect every level of a home care organization. Changes made to improve quality throughout home health care are based largely on data supplied by the clinical team.
In many respects, the decisions you make to effectively manage your organization all rely on accurate data and coding. Keeping up with the ever-changing rules and regulations of health care is difficult. Understanding clinical conditions, classification guidelines, and payer and Medicare payment methodologies and then applying them consistently over a vast range of patient encounters and other variables are formidable challenges. What clinicians need is a flexible tool that works the way they work - allowing direct coding, yet employing consistent rules and expert logic to aid the coding process when necessary.
Inspires Coder Confidence
The shortage of qualified clinical coders requires organizations to identify ways to maintain coding accuracy and consistency. CodefinderTM gives clinical coders the support and confidence they need to help ensure that correct coding rules and guidelines have been followed. In addition, screen-specific help and secondary how-to windows answer questions about navigation and software functionality.
The information required for quality coding is vast and always changing, usually requiring a variety of manuals scattered throughout the agency. The following references are available right where clinical coders need them to help expedite the coding process:
- ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Tabular
- ICD-9-CM Procedure Tabular
- Physician's Current Procedural Terminology
