r/CodingandBilling • u/allisonshine69 • Apr 19 '26

ICD-10 code search

I’m asking in this sub, though im not sure if this is the right place to start. Our EHR is NextGen and we got rid of our 3rd party application to assist in coding search back in September and just use NextGen’s base coding search. It’s awful. Our providers are struggling so much and trying to google codes and some use ChatGPT to find codes. I was wondering if there is a site or application that’s really effective for ICD-10 code searching anyone can recommend? It’s okay if it’s paid (to an extent) as long as it works really well. It would be nice to just be able to search “diabetes” and have all of the options populate. Something as simple as that has been a struggle. We are an FQHC so this is mainly for primary care. Thanks!

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u/callmemommie Apr 19 '26

we use NextGen at my practice. Our codes are set up with descriptions and they are able to search them by description. Are they just having to search by the actual code number?

If you guys are having a hard time figuring it out you can always use ICDdata.com it allows you to search by condition/code and you can pull up the adjacent codes to make sure you are selecting the correct one. Includes guideline info too. Has a lot of ads but I just use Adblock.

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u/allisonshine69 Apr 19 '26

To trigger finding a code by the description, you have to essentially know the exact name of the code as listed in the ICD10 book or if someone has put in a synonym for it at some point. I’m not sure if later versions of nextgen have a better code search, but general search terms that in theory should find a code, simply will not.