The decisions that cause denials, one question at a time
A decision guide asks you what the chart actually documents and walks you to the code that follows from it. No encoder to license, no tree to buy as an add-on module. Every ending cites the ICD-10-CM guideline or tabular note it rests on, so you can defend the code you land on if somebody asks.
Free, no account. This is the feature coders lost when their employers moved them off encoders onto lookup tools — so we are not going to charge you for it.
Fractures: choosing the 7th character
The single most common reason a fracture claim rejects. Walks the encounter type, healing status, and fracture type to the correct 7th character.
Orthopaedics / Emergency
Type 2 diabetes: chart note to code
Walks a documented type 2 diabetes encounter to the correct E11 code, including the complication combination codes that coders most often miss.
Primary care / Endocrinology