No free alternative to Codify by AAPC yet
ICD-10-CM and HCPCS data are free, but CPT descriptions are licensed from the AMA, so no free tool offers complete CPT lookup with coding edits.
About this gap
- Codify by AAPC, Coder Search, non-member
$180 USDa year
≈$256.63 CAD a year (converted from USD)
- Build effort
Months for a small team
An editor’s estimate for a free tool that ranks Strong.
- Demand
Nobody has asked for one yet.
What a free alternative needs
The capabilities that keep people paying for Codify by AAPC.
Complete CPT code descriptions and guidelines
Needs a license from the American Medical Association.
NCCI and MUE edit lookups
Crosswalks between code sets
Coverage policy (LCD and NCD) lookup
Yearly code set updates
Why it is hard
The AMA owns CPT and licenses it for a fee, so a free tool cannot ship the full code text; the federal code sets and edit files are the easy part.
Closest free options
No free tool covers a meaningful part of it yet.
Building one?
List your tool on Gratistack when it works. Once an editor maps it to Codify by AAPC, it shows on this page and in search, and the people waiting here can hear about it.
- Listing is free. An editor reviews the free queue every week.
- Want a decision sooner? The optional $49 fast-track gets one within 48 hours. It buys speed, not approval, and a rejection is refunded.
- Once it is listed as an alternative, you can sponsor the alternatives page for $149 per 30 days. Sponsors are labeled and never change the ranking.
About this page
Last checked : an editor confirmed that no free alternative ranks Strong.
Price: Coder Search, non-member, checked Oct 8, 2026. Price source. USD to CAD at 1.4257 as of Oct 7, 2026.
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