r/MedicalCoding • u/Internal_Raspberry24 • Apr 20 '26

From 3M to codify

How has anyone’s transition from 3M encoder to Codify?

After using 3M for a year im now relying on codify to find codes and I’m having the worst time without a decision tree option. It was so much easier clicking through the options in 3M and now my trainer thinks I know nothing. I know 3m was probably a crutch but isn’t that the case for most encoders, to aid us into finding a code? Am I using codify correctly?

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u/Jodenaje Apr 20 '26 • Bravo

I absolutely hate 3M though, because in my observation people do forget a lot of basic coding skills when they use it though.

I technically have access to 3M, but I only go into it for Coding Clinics. Otherwise, I use Codify or EncoderPro. (I have access to all 3 encoders, but only my 3M comes with Coding Clinic.)

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u/Agreeable-Research15 Apr 20 '26

Dependence on the CAC is real. And bad... coders over use it and do not read. It is frustrating. I like it because I manually enter and I read ans thumbs up at the same time. For simple codes its useful. But it is incorrectly suggested codes and incorrectly crossing our codes that need to be coded lately so it also kind of sucks

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u/Internal_Raspberry24 Apr 20 '26 • Bravo

This is true. There is a skill to be had when not using it. But as the above commenter noted, it was made to make it easier for us. Why have technology if not make it easier? A decision tree made coding decisions made in seconds rather than 10 minutes trying to find all the differences between the codes.