Code Crosswalk

The vocabulary is the bottleneck.
Drill it until it isn't.

Coding is a language before it is a lookup. Coders who know the terminology cold stop flipping back to the index, catch documentation gaps in the note rather than in the denial, and work faster because they are reading instead of translating. This site drills that vocabulary a few minutes at a time.

A fresh word search and crossword every day, plus word-building practice on the prefixes, roots and suffixes underneath every diagnosis you will ever code. Built from ICD-10-CM conventions, HCPCS, revenue cycle and compliance terminology.

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Three ways to practise

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Word search

You get the definition, not the word. Read “the intermediary that validates and routes electronic claims,” then find CLEARINGHOUSE hidden in the grid. Recall first, recognition second.

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Crossword

The same definitions, harder recall — nothing to scan for, and crossing letters only help once you have committed to an answer. This is the one that tells you what you actually know.

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PERICARDITIS

peri-aroundcardi/oheart-itisinflammation

inflammation of the sac surrounding the heart

Word building

Take terms apart into prefix, root and suffix, then work backwards: given “inflammation around the heart,” build the word. Learn the pieces and you can decode terms you have never seen before.

Practise word building

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