About CoderCoach

CoderCoach is Canada's workforce performance platform for HIM departments & programs, hospitals, and health authorities - grounded in licensed CIHI classifications and Canadian Coding Standards.

What is CoderCoach?

CoderCoach is a workforce performance platform built for health information management (HIM) professionals, coding departments, and healthcare organizations working with ICD-10-CA and CCI - Canada's national diagnostic and procedure coding standards, maintained by the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI).

CoderCoach gives HIM managers, coding supervisors, and HIM program instructors measurable visibility into team coding accuracy, with tools to drive targeted practice and track month-over-month improvement. Unlike generic training tools, it is built specifically for the Canadian context: DAD, NACRS, Canadian Coding Standards, and the unique structure of ICD-10-CA and CCI codes.

What the platform offers

Standards-Grounded Q&A

Ask any ICD-10-CA or CCI coding question and receive an answer retrieved from licensed CIHI documentation, with source citations.

Standards Reference

ICD-10-CA, CCI, Canadian Coding Standards - field breakdowns, code examples, diagnosis typing, and prefixes.

Team Tools

HIM manager dashboards, learner progress tracking, assessment assignment, and onboarding workflows.

Governance Ready

Audit logging, standards version display, AI disclosure, and procurement-ready governance documentation.

Who is it for?

Hospital coding departments

Clinical coders working in acute care, inpatient, and ambulatory settings using DAD and NACRS for data submission to CIHI.

HIM managers and coding supervisors

Team leaders responsible for coder onboarding, performance monitoring, and continuing education for their department.

Health information management students

Students completing CCHIM accredited HIM programs who need Canadian-specific coding practice with ICD-10-CA and CCI.

Provincial and Regional health authorities and health systems

Organizations seeking a consistent, standards-aligned coding education solution across multiple facilities.

HIM college instructors and program educators

Instructors and program leads who want measurable student performance data grounded in Canadian coding standards - not US-based ICD-10-CM curricula.

Standards we use

All coding guidance and assessments are grounded in these licensed CIHI classifications and Canadian Coding Standards:

ICD-10-CA 2024

International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th Revision, Canada

CCI 2024

Canadian Classification of Health Interventions - 7–10 character codes, 6 fields

Canadian Coding Standards 2022

Coding directives, notes, and examples - updated on a 3-year cycle

DAD / NACRS Abstracting Manuals

Data collection and coding instructions for hospital databases submitted to CIHI

Built by Brookscroft Systems

CoderCoach is developed and operated by Brookscroft Systems, a Canadian health technology company building tools for the healthcare information management sector. Brookscroft holds a CIHI Vendor Licensed Products licence for ICD-10-CA and CCI content.

Platform access is provided through coder.coach, Brookscroft's multi-region medical coding education engine.