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Epocrates Coder Features
The Epocrates Coder puts more than 20,000 ICD-9 and CPT® codes at your fingertips, as well as continually updated information on more than 3,300 drugs.
Read on to learn about features and content.
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Benefits
Epocrates products have been demonstrated to:
- Improve patient care and safety
- Save time
- Reduce administrative burden
- Enable confident clinical decisions
Our information is developed by healthcare professionals, and specifically formatted for mobile devices and the web.
Get Paid for What You Do!
The Epocrates Coder makes it easy to find the specific codes for more than 20,000 diagnoses and procedures.
Unlike other mobile coding references, all the ICD-9 and CPT codes you need are in one place, so you can bill efficiently and accurately.
Fast, Easy Lookup
Look up a code in three convenient ways:
- By category (e.g., Congenital Anomalies, Anesthesiology)
- By diagnosis/procedure keyword (e.g., diabetes)
- By code or partial code
When you’ve found the code, you can tap on the title for a description.
To save time, add frequently accessed codes to your Favorites tab!
Drug Information
The Epocrates Coder comes with the Epocrates Rx continually updated drug and formulary reference.
Instantly access drug prescribing and safety information for more than 3,300 brand and generic drugs, including dosing, interactions, adverse reactions, black box warnings, pharmacology, and pricing.
Plus, check for drug interactions among up to 30 drugs at a time!
Formulary Information
Epocrates Rx contains up-to-date, detailed formulary information for national and regional healthcare insurance formularies, including all Medicare Part D plans, and provides easy access to therapeutic alternatives.
- Download the insurance formularies you use most often.
- Quickly check to see which drugs are covered.
- Find plan-specific details on:
- Copay tiers
- Prior authorization requirements
- Quantity limits
- Step-therapy guidelines
- Search for preferred therapeutic alternatives.
My Epocrates
Personalize your Epocrates application.
It’s easy to tailor Epocrates Essentials to suit your needs. For example:
- Create shortcuts to your favorite features
- View your Rx lookup history
- Add the free MedTools applications you need most
- Add your own notes to a monograph
- Receive CME courses and DocAlert messages in your selected specialties
- Change your default screen, e.g., Default to Peds Dosing
Additional Tools
Additional references and tools to help you every day include:
Clinical Tables and Guidelines
- More than 60 quick references to diverse clinical topics, including Endocarditis Prophylaxis, Inhaler Colors, vaccination schedules, and ACLS/PALS guidelines
MedMath
- More than 30 useful medical calculators, including BMI, Peak Flow, and Creatinine Clearance
MedTools applications
- Choose the free decision support tools you need most at the point of care
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MobileCME activities
- Earn CME/CE credits or just learn something new on the go.
Medical News
- Medical and practice news in your specialty, delivered to you when you sync
AutoUpdate
The Epocrates Medical Information editors continually update Epocrates databases to ensure you have the most current information available, including:
- New drugs and interactions
- New indications
- Drug recalls
- Medication safety updates from the FDA, CDC, ISMP, and AHRQ and more
- New diagnostic tests
- New guidelines
- New medical terms
- CME activities
- Formulary status changes
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To receive these updates, simply sync your mobile device while it is connected to the Internet (you can also sync wirelessly).
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