Join the HCC Buddy Community
A Discord server for medical coders, HCC coding professionals, and risk adjustment specialists. Share coding tips, ask questions, discuss industry changes, and connect with other coders who get it.
Community Rules
Be respectful and professional
Treat everyone the way you’d want a colleague to treat you. No personal attacks, no condescension, no gatekeeping.
No Protected Health Information — ever
Do not share patient names, dates of birth, medical record numbers, or any combination of identifiers. Strip coding scenarios down to clinical language only.
No solicitation or spam
This isn’t the place to sell courses, recruit, or drop affiliate links. Genuine tool recommendations in context are fine.
Discussions are educational — not advice
Everything shared is peer-to-peer knowledge sharing. Nobody here is acting as your compliance officer, attorney, or physician.
Keep it relevant
This community is focused on HCC coding, risk adjustment, ICD-10-CM coding, and the medical coding profession.
No sharing proprietary payer guidelines
Do not post screenshots or text from payer-specific coding manuals or confidential internal documents. Discuss concepts freely — just don’t distribute proprietary materials.
Disclaimer
Information shared in this community is for educational and informational purposes only. Nothing posted in this server — by community members, moderators, or HCC Buddy staff — constitutes official coding guidance, medical advice, or legal advice.
Always verify coding decisions against the official ICD-10-CM Guidelines, CMS-HCC documentation, and your organization’s internal policies before applying anything to production work.
HCC Buddy and its community members are not responsible for coding decisions made based on discussions in this server. You are responsible for your own coding accuracy and compliance.
By joining this community, you acknowledge and agree to these terms.