Comparison

5 Minute Anesthesia Consult vs Mobile Coder Anesthesia

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

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About

5 Minute Anesthesia Consult

This medical reference app provides a comprehensive collection of anesthesiology topics for students and professionals. It offers detailed information on diseases, risk factors, and management strategies, with a standardized template for easy access. An in-app purchase unlocks all content and includes online access.

Highlights
  • 480 distinct anesthesiology topics
  • Standardized template for easy information access
  • Covers risk factors, preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative care
  • Includes subspecialty topics
  • SmartSearch technology for quick information retrieval
  • 1-year online access with WebView
Features
Currently charting
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"Try before you buy" - Download the FREE App, which includes sample content. An in-App purchase is required to unlock all content. The 5-Minute Anesthesia Consult by Nina Singh-Radcliffcan, MD can be a vital source for the practice and teaching of anesthesiology. It presents a collection of 480 diseases and concepts related to the field of anesthesiology. Includes 1-year online access with WebView. The 5-Minute Anesthesia Consult provides a readily accessible compilation of anesthesia topics that is useful to students, residents, physicians, certified nurse anesthetists, anesthesia assistants, and ancillary medical staff. Following the highly successful format of the 5-Minute Clinical Consult series, 480 topics covering risk factors and epidemiology, preoperative evaluation, intraoperative care and postoperative care. The topic specific format of each chapter provides a focused, evidence-based, yet simplified, discussion of Physiology, Management, Co-Existing Disease, Surgical Procedure, and Drug topics. In addition to general operative and perioperative care, this comprehensive book also covers subspecialty topics in cardiac, neurosurgical, obstetric, geriatric, critical care, pediatric, regional, vascular, thoracic, and acute and chronic pain. Key Features * Includes 480 distinct topics covering a wide range of conditions * Each entry is presented in a standardized template for easy access to key information * Each chapter provides a list of additional, complementary topics that are available within the book; this allows readers to supplement their knowledge of a given topic * Unique to this textbook is the Management section, which covers a comprehensive list of perioperative complications and issues which is invaluable for oral board review * Chapter topics include a large number of ABA keywords * Over 300 expert contributors No internet connection is required to access the content after the initial download. Find information quickly using powerful SmartSearch technology. Search part of term for those hard to spell medical terms. Content licensed from printed ISBN 10: 1451118945 Content licensed from printed ISBN 13: 9781451118940 SUBSCRIPTION : Please choose an auto renewable subscription plan to receive content access & continuous updates. Your subscription automatically renews as per your plan, so you always have the latest content. Yearly auto-renewing payments - $89.99 Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Subscription may be managed by the user & auto-renewal can be disabled at any time by going to your device “Settings” and tapping “iTunes & App Store”. Any unused portion of a free trial period will be forfeited when you purchase a subscription, where applicable. If you have any questions or comments, email us any time: customersupport@skyscape.com or call 508-299-30000 Privacy Policy-https://www.skyscape.com/terms-of-service/privacypolicy.aspx Terms and Conditions-https://www.skyscape.com/terms-of-service/licenseagreement.aspx Editor(s): Nina Singh-Radcliff, MD Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Health | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

About

Mobile Coder Anesthesia

This app simplifies anesthesiology billing by providing a mobile CPT® code directory. Quickly find and apply codes, add modifiers and notes, and generate detailed reports for your billing department. Ideal for tracking cases for research or recertification.

Highlights
  • Comprehensive CPT® code directory
  • Graphical interface for code selection
  • Text search for specific procedures
  • Favorite code identification
  • Modifier application
  • Emailable procedure reports
  • Offline data export
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NOW AVAILABLE: Subscription with 2026 CPT® Codes! -------------------------------------- Free to try before you buy! Streamlined and efficient, Mobile Coder is a mobile CPT® billing App that puts an end to anesthesiology coding troubles. Mobile Coder Anesthesia includes a comprehensive set of CPT® codes used by anesthesiologists. Via a simple graphical interface and several search options, you can quickly create a patient file, and then find and apply the CPT® codes you’re looking for to that patient. Simply touch the relevant anatomic zone to quickly and easily locate tailored lists of CPT® codes for that zone. A handy text search offers a powerful way to target the correct procedure codes. Another convenient feature allows you to identify "favorite" CPT® codes, so common procedures can be pulled up very quickly. You can apply modifiers to your codes, and add extra notes to each code you use in case extra details would help your billing department. A full procedure report containing all patient identifying data, plus CPT® code(s), assistants, location and date of surgery can be emailed directly to your biller or any email address from within the App. Patient procedure details can be logged and stored for convenient reference. Residents and anyone collecting cases for research or board recertification should find the logging feature useful. Want to track your Mobile Coder data offline? An export feature provides an easy way to export your data out of Mobile Coder Anesthesia and into a spreadsheet. Please note: As downloaded, this is a lite version of Mobile Coder Anesthesia that allows a prospective buyer to sample the user interface and all App functionality, but is limited to one code per body zone sub-category. If you like it, please consider upgrading to the full version via our In-App store for a comprehensive set of CPT® codes for these twenty anesthesiology zones: 1. Head 2. Neck 3. Spine and Spinal Cord 4. Thorax 5. Intrathoracic 6. Upper Abdomen 7. Lower Abdomen 8. Pelvis (Except Hip) 9. Perineum 10. Shoulder and Axilla 11. Upper Arm and Elbow 12. Forearm, Wrist, and Hand 13. Upper Leg (Except Knee) 14. Knee and Popliteal Area 15. Lower Leg (Below Knee) 16. Obstetric 17. Radiological Procedures 18. Burn Excisions or Debridement 19. E & M 20. Other Procedures Please note that the price of the full version includes a required per-user royalty paid to the AMA to use CPT® codes in a licensed electronic product per code year. Thank you for choosing Mobile Coder Anesthesia - we appreciate your business! ----------------------------------- Coming soon: Mobile Coder Hospitalist & several other specialties. ----------------------------------- Have a question? Find a major or minor problem? Got a great suggestion? Please let us know by emailing us at: support@psygo.com -----------------------------------

Screenshots

5 Minute Anesthesia Consult4 screens
Mobile Coder Anesthesia4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: 5 Minute Anesthesia Consult at 4.8 against Mobile Coder Anesthesia's 1.0. 5 Minute Anesthesia Consult also leads on ratings volume (20 vs 1) and chart position (#192 vs unranked). Mobile Coder Anesthesia's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. 5 Minute Anesthesia Consult sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $89.99 per year and Mobile Coder Anesthesia sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $99.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

5 Minute Anesthesia Consult holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: 5 Minute Anesthesia Consult has 20 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

5 Minute Anesthesia Consult ships an update every 4 months, Mobile Coder Anesthesia every 5 months. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
5 Minute Anesthesia Consult versus Mobile Coder Anesthesia: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter5 Minute Anesthesia ConsultMobile Coder Anesthesia
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (20 ratings) — better1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings20 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 4 months — betterEvery 5 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#192 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size48 MB12 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperSkyscape Medpresso IncPsygo LLC

In-app purchases

1 purchases

5 Minute Anesthesia Consult

Subscriptions1
  • 5-Minute Anesthesia Consult$89.991 Year
9 purchases

Mobile Coder Anesthesia

Subscriptions1
  • Full-Version for One Year$99.991 Year
One-time8
  • 2017 Full Version$79.99
  • 2018 Full Version + New Codes$79.99
  • 2019 Full Version + New Codes$89.99
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  • 2020 Full Version + New Codes$89.99
  • 2021 Full Version + New Codes$89.99
  • 2022 Full Version + New Codes$89.99
  • 2023 Full Version + New Codes$89.99
  • 2024 Full Version + New Codes$89.99

Questions

Is 5 Minute Anesthesia Consult free?
5 Minute Anesthesia Consult is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Mobile Coder Anesthesia free?
Mobile Coder Anesthesia is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, 5 Minute Anesthesia Consult or Mobile Coder Anesthesia?
5 Minute Anesthesia Consult is rated higher. 5 Minute Anesthesia Consult averages 4.8 out of 5 from 20 ratings, while Mobile Coder Anesthesia averages 1.0 from 1 ratings.
Do 5 Minute Anesthesia Consult or Mobile Coder Anesthesia have ads?
5 Minute Anesthesia Consult shows ads; Mobile Coder Anesthesia does not.
Which is updated more often, 5 Minute Anesthesia Consult or Mobile Coder Anesthesia?
5 Minute Anesthesia Consult ships an update every 4 months, and Mobile Coder Anesthesia every 5 months. Most recently, 5 Minute Anesthesia Consult was updated on November 6, 2026 and Mobile Coder Anesthesia on November 6, 2026.

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