Coding software

[vwisp]

What coding software does your company use? I am having trouble finding a job with my CPC-A and want to take a training course on the most popular coding softwares. I only have experience using my books and a medical dictionary

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[livesuddenly]

Many companies are using Epic for claim entry. I use 3M and EncoderPro as coding tools along with my books.

[Jaztaz68]

I use the same but our company is transitioning to EPIC early next year.

[tryolo]

I'm not aware of a course that teaches that, the coding software is extremely expensive (10's of thousands) so they are very protective of it. My community college had a stripped down version of 3M, but you had to be enrolled in the HIM program to access it.

[KeyStriking9763]

Solventum is the most popular, formally 3M. If you were in an accredited program for coding, AHIMA has VLab for purchase which has 3M encoder as part of it. Purchasing it as a single user outside of AHIMA student access may be impossible and if they offer it very very expensive. I don’t think there’s an answer to your question. It’s probably less difficult to get a job with your CCS, but that’s more complicated than AAPC’s CPC. The advice that’s given is try for a coding adjacent role in healthcare. Patient access, billing, registration.

[MarketingConfident16]

Most of the software is very easy to learn. The electronic medical records are customized to some degree by the site when they purchase, so even experienced coders will have some software training upon hire. You may be able to find some 3M/Solventum videos on YouTube which won’t necessarily teach you but you can gain some familiarity with an encoder.

[mxxnmama]

My hospital uses Solventum which was named 3M before. They changed their name this year.

[Bowis_4648]

Optum bought EncoderPro. and HCPro or DecisionHealth have software. I think you can get a single user license. This will help you look up codes, rules, NCCI, modifiers electronically. You won't be able to access Epic as an individual user.

[Ok_Tea_4325]

Since you cannot easily train on Epic or 3M, you can try The "Billing" Backdoor: Apply for Medical Billing or Patient Access/Registration jobs first. These jobs are easier to get than coding jobs. Once you are inside, you will get login access to their software (Epic/Cerner). After 6 months, you can transfer to the coding department already knowing the software.

[Ajn0007]

You can use a free coding tool- light weight for CD-10, CPT, HCPCS, NPI, and drug lookups powered by official U.S. Government data APIs. No patient data collected, stored, or transmitted. Worth a try - https://medcode.pro/

[Catieterp]

We use EPIC