VitalKnowledge Overview

What is VitalKnowledge?

VitalKnowledge is a referential coding, reimbursement, and compliance software as a service (SaaS) that provides audit, revenue cycle, and coding teams with the latest medical coding information critical to revenue cycle management and medical services reimbursement.

Component Description
CodeValidate Provides verification of medical necessity requirements based upon NCD and LCD policies, and checks for NCCI edit violations to ensure a clean claim. Add-on modules include:
  • Billable Units Calculator
  • MS-DRG Grouper
  • OPPS Calculator Outlier
  • VitalABN
  • Claim Input Validation
Code Lookup
  • Enables code search and referential lookups across APC, CPT®/HCPCS, MS-DRG, Modifiers, Revenue, ICD-10-CM, ICD-10-PCS, ICD-9-CM, NDC, UB-04 Billing, and HIPPS codes.
  • ICD-10 Coding Intelligence using Vitalware's Sherpa engine.
  • Regulatory information such as CMS Transmittals, LCD & NCD Policies, MedLearn Matters, and other information to help you prepare for future compliance audits.
Multiple Referential libraries in a single view Makes the painstaking process of code review simple and intuitive.
  • Single source review payment information, coding guidelines, wage-adjusted tables, and modifiers into a single interface eliminating visual clutter.
Reference Libraries Real-time access to over 100+ reference libraries updated by our unmatched team of content professionals, dedicated to staying on top of relevant regulatory changes to help ensure accuracy and compliance.
My Advisor Enables users to post questions and get answers from Vitalware's team of experienced subject matter experts on coding and compliance.
Add-ons
  • OPPS Calculator
  • MS-DRG Grouper
  • Billable Units Calculator
  • Lay Descriptions (CPT)
  • AHA Coding Clinics for HCPCS and ICD
  • CPT Assistant
  • Pharmacy Database
  • VitalABN
  • Dr. Z Coding Series
  • TruCode, 3M
Benchmarking and Peer Comparisons

Provides financial pricing information based on defined peer hospital groups for CPT/HCPCS codes or through professional specialty peer pricing.

For more information about VitalKnowledge, click here.

Signing In to Vitalware

  1. Navigate to http://www.vitalware.com.
  2. Click Sign in in the upper right corner.
  3. Enter your Vitalware Username and Password and click Sign in.
Note

If your organization uses single sign-on (SSO) credentials, select Or login with External Login and enter your single sign-on username and password.

Opening VitalKnowledge

Select Products > VitalKnowledge, and then click the module you want to open.