Includes index.

Includes glossary.

Introduction to the medical billing process -- HIPAA and medical records -- Patient encounters and billing information -- Diagnostic coding : introduction to ICD-9-CM -- Procedural coding : introduction to CPT -- Procedural coding : introduction to HCPCS -- Visit charges and compliant billing -- Health care claim preparation and transmission -- Private payers/Blue Cross and Blue Shield -- Medicare -- Medicaid -- TRICARE and CHAMPVA -- Workers' compensation and disability -- Payments (RAs/EOBs), appeals, and secondary claims -- Patient billing and collections -- Hospital billing and reimbursement -- Primary case studies -- RA/EOB/secondary case studies.