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CodeManager: Software & Code Sets from the AMA
American Medical Association

Please note: This page describes the several editions of the best-selling coding software CodeManager from the AMA. These CD-ROMs contain software & data and, with your purchase, you are entitled to quarterly updates for one year.

Your one-year subscription includes 4 issues of CD-ROM updates. Please make your selection by determining - what year you need to cover, and, how many users on your network will be accessing this software. Pay close attention to which edition you are ordering. And, please remember, any edition "not yet released" can be easily and conveniently pre-ordered here. Click here to read about this software first.

2008 Edition, for One User + Quarterly Updates
ISBN 1579478301
ASIN B00007LMJV
9781579478308
Published December 2007, April 2008, July 2008 & September 2008
CD-ROM Price: $464.00
(click below for 2008 software for 1 user plus quarterly updates)

2008 Edition, for One User + Quarterly Updates + bonus copy of  Netter's Atlas of Human Anatomy for CPT Coding
ISBN 1579479375
ASIN B00007LMJV
9781579479374
Published December 2007, April 2008, July 2008 & September 2008
CD-ROM Price: $564.00
(click below for 2008 software for 1 user plus Netter's and quarterly updates)

2008 Edition, for 2 to 5 Users + Quarterly Updates
ISBN 157947831X
9781579478315
Published December 2007, April 2008, July 2008 & September 2008
CD-ROM Price: $1,560.00
(click below for 2008 software for 2 to 5 networked users plus quarterly updates)

2008 Edition, for 6 to 10 Users + Quarterly Updates
ISBN 1579478328
9781579478322
Published December 2007, April 2008, July 2008 & September 2008
CD-ROM Price: $3,060.00
(click below for 2008 software for 6 to 10 networked users plus quarterly updates)

2009 Edition, for One User
ISBN 1579479596
ASIN B00007LMJV
978-1579479596
Published December 2008, April 2009, July 2009 & September 2009
CD-ROM
(click below for the very best available price for the 2009 software for 1 user)

2009 Edition, for 2 to 5 Users
ISBN 157947960X
978-1579479602
Published December 2008, April 2009, July 2009 & September 2009
CD-ROM
(click below for the very best available price for the 2009 software for 2 to 5 networked users)

2009 Edition, for 6 to 10 Users
ISBN 1579479618
978-1579479619
Published December 2008, April 2009, July 2009 & September 2009
CD-ROM
(click below for the very best available price for the 2009 software for 6 to 10 networked users)

2009 Edition, for One User + Quarterly Updates + bonus copy of  Netter's Atlas of Human Anatomy for CPT Coding
ISBN 1579479626
978-1579479626
Published December 2008, April 2009, July 2009 & September 2009
CD-ROM
(click below for the very best available price for the 2009 software, with Netters, for 1 user)

2009 Edition, for 2 to 5 Users + Quarterly Updates + bonus copy of  Netter's Atlas of Human Anatomy for CPT Coding
ISBN 1579479634
978-1579479633
Published December 2008, April 2009, July 2009 & September 2009
CD-ROM
(click below for the very best available price for the 2009 software, with Netters, for 2 to 5 networked users)

2009 Edition, for 6 to 10 Users + Quarterly Updates + bonus copy of  Netter's Atlas of Human Anatomy for CPT Coding
ISBN 1579479642
978-1579479640
Published December 2008, April 2009, July 2009 & September 2009
CD-ROM
(click below for the very best available price for the 2009 software, with Netters, for 6 to 10 networked users)

 

CodeManager is one of the best coding investments your office will ever make. CodeManager is the ultimate electronic coding resource from the American Medical Association, the recognized authority on medical claims coding.

CodeManager saves users countless hours by delivering fast code look-ups, superior results and features 11 fully integrated medical coding reference books in one, easy-to-use software program. Ability to search and receive results across the AMA CPT Professional Edition, ICD-9-CM Volumes 1, 2 and 3 and HCPCS Level II codebooks simultaneously.

This powerful software program gives you the tools to navigate, evaluate, and assign codes, saving you and your staff countless hours researching and looking up code information from code books. It combines at your fingertips, all the information you need to code. Click your mouse and instantly navigate, decipher, and integrate 10 essential medical coding references.

With every major coding reference at your command, you can save hours of searching through multiple volumes to file a claim or respond to an urgent question. CodeManager offers all the features you value in traditional hard-copy references, including color coding, highlighting, bookmarks, and color anatomical and procedural illustrations. Handy electronic features like instant searches by name or number and pop-up windows for personal notes make repetitive coding chores much faster and easier. Review your annual subscription options here.

Color illustrations, highlighting, and personal notes are just some of the features that help ensure you use the right code every time. Check out the new enhancements, all with the coding professional in mind. The best-selling software and data package is redesigned, reconfigured and expanded annually! Your annual subscription to this fully functional software and data file includes all of these:

  • AMA Exclusive CPT Clinical Vignettes - access hundreds of "real-life" situations for applying CPT codes; helps clarify application of codes to specific situations. More than 1,700 CPT clinical vignettes help demonstrate the practical application of a code.

  • Medicare Payment Rules - in full-text format with Physician Fee Schedule Payment Rules and quick linking from any code to the corresponding Medicare Payment Rule ($140+ value). Access the full-text of Medicare's physician fee schedule rules and regulations on a code-by-code basis.

  • RBRVS Payment Calculator - automatically calculate the physician fee schedule, clinical laboratory, and durable medical equipment payment amounts from any locality or region in the United States ($300+ value)

  • Diagnosis Related Groups / DRGs - organized by Major Diagnosis Category, with DRG information & selection tips, includes relative value weight & both geometric & arithmetic mean lengths of stay, each ICD-9-CM code is mapped to its correct DRG ($100+ value)

  • Search and receive results across the AMA CPT Professional Edition, ICD-9-CM, Volumes 1, 2 & 3 and HCPCS Level II codebooks simultaneously:

    • ICD-9-CM, Volumes 1, 2 & 3 - or physicians and hospitals, the entire text, provides comprehensive coding selection notes and pop-up alerts of unspecified, nonspecific and manifestation coding situations, all ICD-9-CM codes are mapped to their correct DRGs ($95+ value). ICD-9-CM code mapping to correct DRGs, and CPT and HCPCS Level II code mapping to correct APC group.

    • HCPCS Level II - with codes in full text, quickly access all HCPCS codes, includes modifiers and Medicare Payment Rules and table of drugs ($95+ value)

    • Dorlands Illustrated Medical Dictionary - software features access to the entire Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary, with more than 1,500 color illustrations ($52+ value). Software features access to the entire Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary, including all appendixes, tables, plates and more.

    • CPT Professional Edition - the entire text, includes official AMA CPT coding rules & guidelines, modifiers, references to CPT Assistant and CPT Changes, interfacing perfectly with CPT Assistant Archives and CPT Changes. ($87+ value)

  • Relative Value Units / RVUs - easily accessible in full text format, verify the appropriate Medicare RVU for reimbursement, includes conversion factors for each CPT and HCPCS code, quick linking from any code to the correct RVU. Easily access RVUs and verify the appropriate Medicare relative value for reimbursement; ambulatory surgery center (ASC) payment groups and rates also included.

  • Ambulatory Payment Classifications / APCs - each CPT code mapped to its APC group

  • National Correct Coding Policy - provides CCI edits for the current and past 3 quarters; updated quarterly for you; this includes comprehensive & component groupings and mutually exclusive codes. Quickly access a full year of National Correct Coding Policy comprehensive and component code groupings and mutually exclusive codes - includes modifier pop-up tips designated specifically for use with the correct coding and mutually exclusive code pairs

  • ICD-9-CM code mapping to correct DRGs, and CPT and HCPCS Level II code mapping to correct APC group

  • Table of Drugs

  • Index

  • Note Pad feature allows you to create a centralized location for all your coding notes in each code set or to a general notes page.

About the Packages that include Netters: Invest in the AMA's CodeManager with Netter's software and get a powerful coding solution that helps reduce the time and effort spent researching and coding medical claims. The Netters' versions include all the tools and references found in CodeManager (above), plus links CPT codes to 400 detailed, true-to-life Frank Netter illustrations - a combination that provides a complete visual understanding of the anatomic structures described within CPT codes.

 

CodeManager offers new improvements all designed to meet the coding needs of coders at all levels. Along with improved appearance and functionality, all versions of CodeManager provide:

  • Instant access to all code sets from any point in the program.

  • More resources than ever before.

  • Improved information search. Simply click through the Table of Contents or search directly by any type of code.

  • Immediate access to the previous year code language.

  • Ultimate flexibility. View modifiers, guidelines, and indexes from anywhere in the program.

  • Effortless updates. Download quarterly updates online - or just wait for CD-ROMs in the mail.

  • Familiar Design. Arranged just like the books you've become so used to consulting.

There are hundreds of code changes each year. Forget thumbing through multiple references or tracking down a loose note or scrap of paper. Just enter a key word or code and point and click, and you're instantly in touch with the full text of the essential information you need. Even better, CodeManager's handy "cut and paste" feature lets you transfer the codes you find directly into your electronic billing software. CodeManager puts coding ease right at your fingertips and makes the entire coding process more efficient and less difficult to manage.

CodeManager is fulfilled quarterly with the first release in November / December of the year before with updates released in March, June, and September. If you purchase this subscription after December, you will receive all back issues of the software, data and updates, continuing through September. So which version should you subscribe to? For example purposes, say you are purchasing this before November 2009, buy the 2009 Edition. If you are purchasing after October 2007 but before November 2008, purchase the 2008 Edition and so on. Review your annual subscription options here.

CodeManager is simple to use as it is arranged just like the books used in your office everyday. Order your copy of CodeManager today to make sure your coding is accurate, complete, and compliant.

With CodeManager's complete Relative Value Units (RVU) reference and complete Medicare Physician Fee Schedule payment guidelines, you have the codes plus the regulations you need to avoid coding errors. And as an add-on software purchase to CodeManager, the AMA offers an electronic version of the RBRVS Payment Calculator. The RBRVS Payment Calculator comes in both Local and National versions. With the Local version, simply indicate the geographic locality you want when you load the software, and fees are adjusted automatically for you and displayed. If you select the National version, you can view fees for any geographical location as often as you like. Either way, you'll save time, money, and aggravation when your fee calculations are exactly right the first time, every time.

CodeManager is an easy-to-use software and comes with free installation support:

  • CodeManager uses a simple web server and your internet browser to integrate all of these coding resources into one electronic coding and reference tool.

  • CodeManager is easy to install and easy to use, but should you have a question or problem, you have access to free technical support via an 800 number, fax, or email to the AMA website free of charge.

  • Minimum System Requirements:

    • Microsoft Windows 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP, 2003, Vista

    • Minimum 64 MB RAM (128 MB or more is recommended)

    • 700 MB hard drive space

    • 2x or higher CD-ROM drive

    • Internet Explorer 5.5 or later (6.0 SP1 or later is recommended)

Order your copy of CodeManager today to make sure your coding is accurate, complete, and compliant.

Please remember that the government no longer allows a grace period for annual code sets. The new HIPAA Transaction and Code Set Rule requires providers to use national medical code sets that are valid at the time that a service is provided. ICD-9-CM code revisions become effective October 1st each year while CPT and HCPCS code revisions become effective January 1st. In order for you to meet this requirement, you must have the revised CPT, HCPCS, and ICD-9-CM codes in your possession before the implementation dates. The best way to do this is to order your code books early. Review other current coding resources.

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