ECode Product Brief 9920001606D - Chérie Wentz Blehm€¦ · 800.767.5969 [email protected] 15325...
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800.767.5969 [email protected] www.lynxmed.com 15325 SE 30th Pl Ste 200 Bellevue WA 98007 ©2004-2008 LYNX Medical Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. LYNX Medical Systems, logo and E/Code are trademarks of LYNX Medical Systems, Inc. 3M and 3M Codefinder are trademarks of 3M. #9920001606D E/Code™ Product Brief Emergency Department CPT & ICD-9 Code Assignment Product Overview Features the LYNX Facility Charging Algorithm that more accurately aligns and assigns services with resources used based on facility CPT and ICD-9 codes. Streamlines workflow, with simultaneous online record viewing and coding. Automatic audit trail tracks the coding process, promoting coding compliance. Provides thorough management reporting capabilities, including clinical, financial and productivity reports. Key Features Computer Assisted Coding — when interfaced with a 3rd party EDIS, E/Code creates a user-friendly computer assisted coding environment. Coding Workflow Management — coding work queues are centrally managed, ensuring that encounters are coded in a timely manner. Real-time Claim Editing — utilizing the 3M™ Edit Engine, E/Code offers a series of comprehensive real-time edits to coders. LYNX Facility Charging Algorithm — a CMS reviewed algorithm that properly assigns codes based on the presenting problem and predetermined base-weights. Documentation Feedback — allows coders to provide feeback to clinicians regarding documentation deficiencies that affect code assignment in real-time. Charge and Abstract Interface — automatically transfers assigned codes to the physician, hospital billing and abstract systems. Interfaces and Interoperability — streamlines communication between E/Code, third party vendors and billing systems. Benefits Summary Appropriately aligns coding distribution with acuity based on available documentation. Provides valuable management data to evaluate physician productivity and documentation quality, as well as assess financial performance. Improves coding compliance by promoting accurate code assignment and establishing a coding audit trail. Improves the efficiency of the coding process by pre- reconciling scanned documentation and allowing simultaneous viewing of documentation and coding screens. Promotes efficient coding turnaround and balanced coder workloads through central management of coding work queues. Streamlines coding and charging process in organizations that use 3M™ Codefinder™. Enables documents to be viewed using a variety of image formats including PDF, TIFF, JPG. Facilitates faster review and resolution of incomplete records, shaving time off the coding to bill drop cycle. About LYNX Medical Systems LYNX Medical Systems, Inc., a Picis company, drives value in emergency medicine through industry leading software and services that promote financial health and compliance. LYNX solutions help hospitals improve ED clinical documentation, improve coding compliance, and promote accurate and consistent code assignment for appropriate reimbursement. LYNX clients maintain a consistent, documented and repeatable return on investment. Currently, LYNX serves more than 400 healthcare organizations, representing more than 18 million annual encounters. Picis LYNX E/Code helps hospital Emergency Departments maximize and automate coding efficiency. It is comprehensive ED coding/auditing software that automates the assignment of professional and facility CPT and ICD-9 codes. Utilizing the LYNX Facility Charging Algorithm, E/Code provides coding that’s more reflective of services and resource consumption, positioning organizations to drive overall compliance and financial health within the ED. Additionally, physicians benefit from coding prompts within E/Code based on the 1995 guidelines, which aids in professional coding.
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800.767.5969 [email protected] www.lynxmed.com 15325 SE 30th Pl Ste 200 Bellevue WA 98007
©2004-2008 LYNX Medical Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. LYNX Medical Systems, logo and E/Code are trademarks of LYNX Medical Systems, Inc. 3M and 3M Codefi nder are trademarks of 3M. #9920001606D
E/Code™
Product Brief
Emergency Department CPT & ICD-9 Code Assignment
Product Overview
Features the LYNX Facility Charging Algorithm that more accurately aligns and assigns services with resources used based on facility CPT and ICD-9 codes.
Streamlines workfl ow, with simultaneous online record viewing and coding.
Automatic audit trail tracks the coding process, promoting coding compliance.
Provides thorough management reporting capabilities, including clinical, fi nancial and productivity reports.
Key FeaturesComputer Assisted Coding — when interfaced with a 3rd party EDIS, E/Code creates a user-friendly computer assisted coding environment.Coding Workfl ow Management — coding work queues are centrally managed, ensuring that encounters are coded in a timely manner.Real-time Claim Editing — utilizing the 3M™ Edit Engine, E/Code offers a series of comprehensive real-time edits to coders. LYNX Facility Charging Algorithm — a CMS reviewed algorithm that properly assigns codes based on the presenting problem and predetermined base-weights.Documentation Feedback — allows coders to provide feeback to clinicians regarding documentation defi ciencies that affect code assignment in real-time.Charge and Abstract Interface — automatically transfers assigned codes to the physician, hospital billing and abstract systems.Interfaces and Interoperability — streamlines communication between E/Code, third party vendors and billing systems.
Benefi ts Summary Appropriately aligns coding distribution with acuity based on available documentation. Provides valuable management data to evaluate physician productivity and documentation quality, as well as assess fi nancial performance. Improves coding compliance by promoting accurate code assignment and establishing a coding audit trail. Improves the effi ciency of the coding process by pre- reconciling scanned documentation and allowing
simultaneous viewing of documentation and coding screens. Promotes effi cient coding turnaround and balanced coder workloads through central management
of coding work queues. Streamlines coding and charging process in organizations that use 3M™ Codefi nder™. Enables documents to be viewed using a variety of image formats including PDF, TIFF, JPG. Facilitates faster review and resolution of incomplete records, shaving time off the coding to bill drop cycle.
About LYNX Medical SystemsLYNX Medical Systems, Inc., a Picis company, drives value in emergency medicine through industry leading software and services that promote fi nancial health and compliance. LYNX solutions help hospitals improve ED clinical documentation, improve coding compliance, and promote accurate and consistent code assignment for appropriate reimbursement. LYNX clients maintain a consistent, documented and repeatable return on investment. Currently, LYNX serves more than 400 healthcare organizations, representing more than 18 million annual encounters.
Picis LYNX E/Code helps hospital Emergency Departments maximize and automate coding effi ciency. It is comprehensive ED coding/auditing software that automates the assignment of professional and facility CPT and ICD-9 codes. Utilizing the LYNX Facility Charging Algorithm, E/Code provides coding that’s more refl ective of services and resource consumption, positioning organizations to drive overall compliance and fi nancial health within the ED. Additionally, physicians benefi t from coding prompts within E/Code based on the 1995 guidelines, which aids in professional coding.
