Entering Search Terms
Up to four search terms can be entered, allowing you to narrow down the results when you first initiate a search. A spell check feature ensures that you enter valid terms.
Sorting Search Results
Results show all codes that match your search criteria. You can sort results with the most likely codes listed first (by rank), or in alphanumeric order.
Narrowing Search Results
Narrow Search features let you specify the type of code (e.g., surgery, radiology, hospital procedure, etc.) and/or select additional terms that further identify the anatomy, diagnosis, treatment, supply, or other criteria specific to your search.
Viewing Search Results
Fourth and fifth digit ICD-9 codes are grouped as sublevels under each primary code. CPT and HCPCS codes are grouped as sublevels under the corresponding subsection, identified by the range of codes in that subsection.
Tabular Results and Code Detail
You can click any code listed in the Tabular Results control to view the code as you would in the CPT, HCPCS, or ICD-9 books displayed in the Code Detail with the full description for the code and all neighboring codes.
For ICD-9 codes, the Code Detail also shows all excludes and includes notes, as well as "code first" and "code also" references. CPT and HCPCS codes in the Tabular Results are grouped by section/subsection.
Code-Specific Dialog Boxes for ICD-9
Tabular section notes, annotations, CPT cross codes, DRG cross codes, and AHA Coding Clinic references are easily accessible for the selected ICD-9 code.
Code-Specific Dialog Boxes for CPT
Lay descriptions, AMA guidelines, modifiers, surgical and anesthesia cross codes, private payer unbundles, Medicare information, and component and mutually exclusive unbundles from Medicare's Correct Coding Initiative are easily referenced for the selected CPT code.
Code-Specific Dialog Boxes for HCPCS
Annotations, section notes, modifiers, and coverage instruction references from the Medicare Carrier's Manual and the Coverage Issues Manual are easily accessible for the selected HCPCS code.
Viewing the History
The History dialog box lists a trail of previously viewed codes. This makes it easy to go back to a previous code selection for the current session.
Bookmarks
Bookmarks let you store a list of frequently used codes.
Copying Codes
You can copy codes, descriptions, and modifiers into the Windows clipboard to be pasted into other Windows applications. Using the preferences dialog box, you can decide if you'd like to copy the code only, or the code and its description.
Deleted Codes
Encoder Pro alerts you when you have entered a deleted code as search criteria.
Sticky Notes
You can add/edit your own comments to codes with sticky notes.
Printing
You can print the code information that appears in any dialog box.