About HCC Buddy
The Story Behind HCC Buddy
HCC Buddy was born out of years of firsthand experience in HCC risk adjustment coding. After spending countless hours navigating clunky, overpriced encoders that were never designed with HCC workflows in mind, the frustration became the fuel to build something better.
The tools available to medical coders have always felt like afterthoughts. Generic code lookup databases with HCC mappings bolted on as a premium upsell. They slow you down when you need speed, bury the information you actually need behind layers of menus, and charge enterprise-level prices for features that should be standard. HCC Buddy was created to change that.
What started as a personal side project, a Chrome extension to speed up chart reviews, quickly grew into a full-featured encoder with ICD-10 code search, HCC category mapping, drug-to-diagnosis cross-referencing, NPI provider lookup, and Ask Buddy. Every feature is shaped around the details coders check during a real chart review.
Our Mission
Make medical coding tools accessible, affordable, and purpose-built for HCC risk adjustment workflows.
HCC Buddy is not a faceless corporation. It is a practical coding tool shaped around real chart review work. Every design decision, feature priority, and pricing choice starts with one question: does this actually help the person doing chart reviews?
What We Stand For
Privacy-First
No Protected Health Information is ever stored, transmitted, or logged. Your data stays yours.
Coder-Focused Design
Every feature is designed around the HCC risk adjustment workflow, not bolted on as an afterthought.
Affordable Pricing
14-day Pro trial with no credit card. Affordable plans that won’t break the bank. No enterprise sales calls required.
Continuous Improvement
Regular updates driven by real coder feedback. New ICD-10 code sets loaded every fiscal year.
Why HCC Buddy Exists
Built for HCC coders
Practical tools for risk adjustment work
HCC Buddy is built around the work risk adjustment coders do all day: ICD-10-CM lookups, V24 and V28 HCC mapping, RAF checks, NPI lookup, drug reference, and Ask Buddy coding questions. The goal is simple: give coders professional-grade tools without enterprise pricing or extra tabs.