The document discusses the importance of using an HCC coding tool, such as Inferscience's HCC Assistant, in healthcare organizations for effective coding amidst complex CMS regulations, especially during the COVID-19 era. The HCC Assistant offers benefits like process automation, documentation coordination, and real-time diagnosis updates, facilitating accurate risk adjustment coding in EHRs. Instructions are provided for using the HCC Assistant within the AthenaClinicals EHR to streamline the coding process.

1. Using an HCC Coding Tool in your EHR:
Instructions with HCC Assistant
Technology is crucial for your healthcare organization in the new Covid-19 era, as we
stated in our earlier blog post. Keeping up with the complex policies and regulations of
the CMS is one of the main reasons.
For HCC coding to be successful, physicians must report all diagnoses that influence
the patient's evaluation, care, and treatment, including coexisting diseases, chronic
conditions, and treatments provided, according to an article in ICD Monitoring that was
referenced by CMS. For many practices, it might be difficult to provide accurate
documentation of all diagnoses on an annual basis; this is where an HCC coding tool
can be useful.
What advantages do HCC coding platforms offer?
Using HCC coding tools can make it easier to capture new encounters at the beginning
of the year while also accounting for any changes to CMS policies. Technology use can
also assist with:

2. Process automation that results in better documentation
Coordination between providers and coders
Reducing care gaps brought on by inadequate provider documentation

3. Today, we'll discuss how to leverage Inferscience's HCC Assistant as an HCC coding
platform for your business.
What is Inferscience's HCC Assistant?
The HCC coding tool from Inferscience aids in optimizing risk adjustment coding
documents and HCC coding. A platform for intelligent HCC coding and billing that is
cloud-based and integrated with the top EHRs is called HCC Assistant. The platform
examines data from the patient's chart that is both structured and unstructured. The
HCC Assistant can identify diagnoses that may have been missed and present
possibilities to update the documentation in real-time thanks to its sophisticated
intelligence criteria. A single click can be used to submit HCC ICD-10 codes and the
related plan of care documentation back into the patient chart where write-back
integration is supported.
How to Operate Your EHR's HCC Assistant.
For the purposes of this blog article, we'll pick athenaClinicals as our example EHR
because it integrates with EHRs and is simple to set up.
 After installing the HCC Assistant in your athenaClinicals EHR (or other
compatible EHRs), you can proceed as you normally would during a patient visit.
When the analysis is finished, a tab will appear to the right of your screen.
 A list of HCC codes is suggested when you access the HCC Assistant tab.
 The system will display the projected influence each code would have on the
patient's RAF score if it were added to the chart.
 You can add encounter notes or just pick and choose the codes you want to put.
 Select submit once you've reviewed the codes and made the necessary
selections.
 You can return to the EHR after providing the codes, and your codes will be
recorded in the patient's chart. It's that easy.
Contact Inferscience at sales@inferscience.com at (617) 848 9502 if you are a
healthcare provider searching for HCC coding technology products.