Medical coding software that doesn’t fight you.

What medical coding software is supposed to do

Six things a coder needs from a reference tool. Most tools on the market do the first one and charge you like they do all six.

• 01Find the code faster than you can say it

  Search by code, clinical phrase, or the shorthand you actually type. `mdd` returns F33. `dm2` returns E11. `E119` jumps straight to E11.9. Nothing else on the market understands how coders type.

• 02Catch the denial before you submit it

  Paste a whole diagnosis set and get the conflicts back instantly: Excludes1 collisions, laterality contradictions, sequencing violations, header codes billed as if they were specific.

• 03Explain the seventh character, every time

  S72.001 is not a code you can bill. We say so, list the seventh characters that complete it, and tell you what each one means — instead of letting you find out from a rejection.

• 04Show the data's age on the screen

  Every dataset states which government file it came from and when it took effect. Stale reference data is the loudest complaint about $659/year incumbents, and the only honest fix is to date-stamp your own.

• 05Answer 'why this code' with a citation

  Guided decision trees walk a chart note to the correct code and keep the trail, so an audit gets the guideline paragraph the choice came from, not your memory of it.

• 06Cost one number, once a year

  $390/year. No membership to maintain, no per-module pricing, no CEU bundle you didn't ask for, and your renewal price never rises while you stay subscribed.

Each of those is written up on its own: coding compliance, claim scrubbing, denial prevention, audit defensibility and where we do and don’t use AI.

74,719

billable ICD-10-CM codes

FY2026-Apr

495,469

coverage policy code links

LCD / NCD / articles

8,725

HCPCS Level II codes

updated quarterly

109

fee localities priced

CY2026 PFS

Counted from the loaded datasets at build time, not written into the copy — the same tables the product queries.

How we compare to what you’re paying for now

Including the three rows where we lose. We do not have CPT content yet, so they have it and we do not. Optum’s free trial is 30 days and ours is 7. And if all you need is a lookup box, Codify’s entry tier costs $129. Those are true, so we printed them — a table that only flatters us would be a good reason to distrust every other row in it.

The comparison that matters is against the tier that actually does the job: the one with the compliance checks and the policy data in it. That tier costs $659 at Codify, $750 at Find-A-Code, and $999.95 at Optum. Ours costs $390, and it is our only tier.

Comparing something not in this table? We also cover TruBridge Encoder (formerly TruCode), and there is a vendor-by-vendor breakdown with each one’s full tier list. If you only want the prices, the pricing page has ours in one number.

Every competitor figure above is taken from that vendor’s own public pricing page and was verified on August 4, 2026. Find-A-Code prices exclude add-on modules, which run $80–$300/yr each. AAPC Codify prices shown are the non-member rate; membership ($229/yr) discounts them, though at a single seat the membership costs more than it saves. CPT is a registered trademark of the American Medical Association.

The lookups are free, and they always will be

Every code, every coding note, no ads, no signup wall. We make money from coders who want the checks — not from selling your attention on the way to a code.

ICD-10-CM

The full tabular list with every coding note, Excludes1 and seventh-character rule.

Codes by condition

Start from the diagnosis rather than the code — sepsis, GERD, hypertension, and the rest.

HCPCS Level II

Supplies, drugs and DME, updated on the quarterly CMS cadence.

MS-DRG

All 772 groups with FY2026 relative weights, mean length of stay and the weight cap.

Denial codes

CO-16, CO-97, CO-45 and the rest, in plain English: why you got it and what stops it.

Claim scrubber

Paste a diagnosis set, get the Excludes1 conflicts and invalid codes back instantly.

RVU calculator

Medicare reimbursement from work, practice-expense and malpractice RVUs, by locality.

Decision guides

Walk a chart note to the right code one documented fact at a time, citing each step.

Common questions

What is medical coding software?

Medical coding software is a reference and verification tool that coders use to find the correct diagnosis and procedure codes and to check those codes against payer rules before a claim is submitted. It combines code lookup across code sets such as ICD-10-CM and HCPCS, coding notes and exclusions, medical-necessity policy, and edits that cause denials. The same category is often called medical billing and coding software — the coding side assigns the codes, the billing side lives with the denials, and one toolset serves both.

How much does medical coding software cost?

Medical coding software ranges from about $129 to $1,000 per user per year, depending on how much it does. Entry tiers are lookup only: AAPC Codify Coder Search is $129/yr and Optum EncoderPro Standard is $299.95/yr. Tiers that include compliance checks and payer policy cost considerably more: Codify Pro Fee is $659/yr, Find-A-Code Expert is $750/yr (before add-on modules at $80-$300 each), and EncoderPro Expert is $999.95/yr. MedicalCodingSoftware.org is $390 per year with everything included and no tiers, and a 7-day free trial that does not require a card. Prices verified August 4, 2026.

Does it include CPT codes?

Not yet, and we will not pretend otherwise. ICD-10-CM, HCPCS Level II, and the CMS policy datasets are available today. CPT codes aren't included yet; when they arrive, it is at no extra cost to you.