Optum s EncoderPro.com Tips for increased efficiency and accuracy

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1 Optum s EncoderPro.com Tips for increased efficiency and accuracy Can you imagine looking up information in an encyclopedia with the Internet at your disposal? Yet, many of us in the medical coding industry do this same thing. We still rely on printed materials (code books) to find much of our coding content. In today's modern age with more and more resources and information being readily accessible via the Internet and the increased demand to find accurate information faster, the medical coding industry will need to follow technology and leverage electronic resources to identify information more efficiently. The ability to have correct information at your fingertips is even more critical with the increased level of information needed to code correctly when ICD 10 CM is adopted. This change will increase the number of available codes from approximately 14,000 ICD 9 CM volume 1 codes to 69,000 ICD 10 CM codes. Optum s EncoderPro.com is a web based medical coding referential information look up tool. EncoderPro.com provides users the capability to find the most accurate and up to date codes and coding information much more efficiently than ever before. Additionally, EncoderPro.com employs other features and functionality, managing coding information from multiple resources. These include over 30 Optum print publications as well as Medicare content such as: Correct Coding initiative (CCI) Local Coverage Decisions (LCD) National Coverage Decisions (NCD) Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) Modifiers Below are a few tips that will help EncoderPro.com users increase the efficiency of EncoderPro.com, or identify features in EncoderPro.com that the user may not be familiar with. For those who currently do not subscribe to EncoderPro.com, this will provide information regarding the features available and how they can help medical staff use technology within their coding process.

2 Tip #1 The User Defined Code List feature. EncoderPro.com allows users to see coding information for ANY code type all in a single view. Simply type codes into the Search box on the home screen and separate the codes with a comma. Users can enter in a range of codes and the search will return all valid codes within the range. Alternately, a single code can be entered and EncoderPro.com will include all the valid coding information for all these codes such as code descriptions, lay descriptions, CCI, Medicare Internet Only Manual (IOM) Pub100, Medicare and CPT guidelines, instructional notes, modifiers, cross codes, MPFS, images, complete code history, and more. This information is like referencing four code books all at once.

3 Tip #2 Printing Customized Coding Information EncoderPro.com users can take advantage of the TREMENDOUS custom printing capability of EncoderPro.com. Users can leverage the printing capability to create custom coding sheets that include the information specific to the needs of their coders, billers, and even providers within their practice. Users can choose to include or exclude the content they wish. Custom coding sheets can be created with the specific content needed for fast and accurate coding.

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5 Tip #3 Customized User Notes Coders are often writing code notes in the margins of their coding books or are using sticky notes to mark pages or write code notes. EncoderPro.com provides its users the same ability. However, EncoderPro.com users can leverage these notes across their entire practice where all users can see the note for greater consistency. Alternately, a note can be kept private to a single user. Users can organize these code notes as they desire, such as by payer name, specialty, or any other keyword allowing all the ability find the notes specific to the key word they are searching. These three features demonstrate the functions available to help organizations identify the correct codes and find all the coding information they need quickly and effectively using EncoderPro.com. For more information about Optum s EncoderPro.com and other tools and content this web based application provides, please contact Tom Shiner at or at tom.shiner@optum.com.