CPT QuickRef vs ICD 10 Coding Guide
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CPT QuickRef
This app provides a mobile reference for Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes, aiding in accurate medical billing. It offers tools like an E/M Wizard and access to RVUs, global days, and illustrations to help healthcare professionals select appropriate codes.
- CPT code lookup
- E/M Wizard for code selection
- RVU and GPCI calculations
- Global days reference
- Color procedural illustrations
- Vignettes for code descriptions
- Favorites list for frequent codes
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CPT® QuickRef from the American Medical Association The CPT QuickRef app puts all the coding and billing tools that you need in the palm of your hand. Developed by the American Medical Association (AMA), this on-the-go reference guide quickly helps you determine the appropriate Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) codes to use for accurate billing. (This app provides suggested codes. Final code selection remains the responsibility of the individual user.) CPT QuickRef is the only official mobile app from the AMA – the source of the CPT codeset, and experts to provide authoritative information about CPT codes and proper use. E/M codes are the most frequently used codes and arguably the most difficult to assign. The E/M Wizard (included in the free trial and with any single or multiyear Coding & Billing Pack purchase) will help physicians and qualified health care professionals select the right code according to AMA and CMS coding guidelines The app includes a 14-day trial of full access, after which in-app purchase or activation is required. Choose a single year Coding and Billing Pack, • The latest information — Receive automatic when new relative value units (RVUs) and proprietary laboratory analysis (PLA) codes are released or when technical corrections are made to 2026 CPT codes • Favorites — Select the codes you use most and save them to your favorites list • Facility and non-facility RVUs — Use federal data on facility and non-facility work and practice expense values • GPCIs — Set your region’s geographic practice cost index to calculate accurate Medicare payment for each procedure • Global days — Reference the number of global days CMS assigns to a given procedure • Color illustrations — Better understand complex procedures with 200+ procedural illustrations • Clear references to CPT® Assistant articles — View article titles and tap for direct access with the CPT Assistant Archive add-on • Over 4,400 Vignettes – understand exactly what procedures each code represents with typical patient and service descriptions
ICD 10 Coding Guide
Quickly find the latest ICD-10 medical codes with this offline mobile app. Search by code, disease, injury, drug, or keyword. Features include color-coded trees, notes, highlights, and favorites for efficient code assignment.
- Offline ICD-10-CM code access
- Rapid search by code, disease, or keyword
- Color-keyed Code Trees
- Notes and highlights
- Favorites for quick access
- Companion website
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** Fast & accurate lookup of the latest ICD-10 Codes ** ICD-10 CODING GUIDE is a powerful mobile app developed by Unbound Medicine, an award-winning health care information provider with more than 5 million users worldwide. Featuring the latest ICD-10-CM data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), this premium app helps you quickly identify the most appropriate code on your smartphone or tablet — with rapid search by code, disease, injury, drug, or keyword. No internet access is required after initial content download. FEATURES • Access to all ICD-10-CM codes • Code and keyword search for fast discovery • Color-keyed Code Trees for accurate code assignment • Make notes and highlights within any entry • 'Favorites' for bookmarking commonly used codes • Companion website for desktop convenience FREE TRIAL: What To Expect • First-time users are offered a Free Trial of Unbound's complete ICD-10 Coding Guide • After the Free Trial period ends, your iTunes account will be charged $9.99 for a one-year subscription unless you have turned off auto-renew at least 24 hours before the free trial ends. • To manage your subscriptions, open Apple's "Settings" app, tap your Apple ID at the top of the screen, tap Subscriptions, then tap the subscription you wish to manage. • NOTE: if you choose not to purchase a subscription, content will no longer be viewable after the free-trial period ends. Subscription Renewals • Your subscription will automatically renew annually and your iTunes account will be charged $9.99 unless auto-renew is turned off 24 hours prior to the end of the one-year period. • If you choose not to renew, you can continue to use the product but will not receive content updates. • To manage your subscriptions, open Apple's "Settings" app, tap your Apple ID at the top of the screen, tap Subscriptions, then tap the subscription you wish to manage. Unbound Privacy Policy: https://www.unboundmedicine.com/privacy Unbound Medicine Terms of Use: https://www.unboundmedicine.com/end_user_license_agreement
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: CPT QuickRef at free with in-app purchases against ICD 10 Coding Guide's subscription. CPT QuickRef also leads on update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 12 months) and chart position (#200 vs unranked). ICD 10 Coding Guide's advantage is device support (4 vs 2). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. CPT QuickRef sells 12 one-off in-app purchases and ICD 10 Coding Guide sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $9.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.3 for CPT QuickRef against 4.4 for ICD 10 Coding Guide. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 365 and 167 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 11% of CPT QuickRef's written reviews are positive against 17% of ICD 10 Coding Guide's.
CPT QuickRef ships an update every 6 weeks, ICD 10 Coding Guide every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CPT QuickRef | ICD 10 Coding Guide |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (365 ratings) | 4.4 (167 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 10.8% of reviews | 16.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 365 — better | 167 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 12 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Subscription |
| Best chart rank | #200 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 12 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 47 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | American Medical Association | Unbound Medicine, Inc. |
Customer experience
CPT QuickRef
ICD 10 Coding Guide
Bugs and requests
CPT QuickRef
Reported bugs
13 issues- App crashes when accessing modifiers or premium content
- App freezes and becomes unresponsive
- App refuses to open after updates
- Search function returns no results for valid codes
- Search only works with exact verbatim matches
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- QR code scanning crashes the app
- Restore purchase button non-functional
- Account registration issues and login failures
- Favorites disappear after updates
- Premium content remains locked despite payment
- App incompatible with iOS updates
- Pending charges and billing issues not resolved
- Content not updating despite claims of installation
Requested features
8 requests- Search feature that finds partial matches and synonyms
- Ability to save and access favorites across sessions
- Include figures and images from CPT manual
- Advanced search with multiple filter options
- Offline access to downloaded content
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- Better code description formatting and readability
- Service level calculator for E/M codes
- Support for all medical specialties, not just E/M
ICD 10 Coding Guide
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
CPT QuickRef
- CPT E/M All Content 2017Free
- CPT E/M All Content 2019Free
- CPT E/M Premium Pack$9.99
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- Coding and Billing Pack 2017$59.99
- Single Year 2019$59.99
- Single Year 2020$59.99
- Single Year 2021$59.99
- Single Year 2022$59.99
- Single Year 2023$59.99
- Single Year 2024$59.99
- Single Year 2026$59.99
- Single Year 2025$59.99
ICD 10 Coding Guide
- ICD-10-CM Coding Guide14 Days trial$9.991 Year
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