Includes index.

Introduction to the medical billing cycle -- Electronic health records, HIPAA, and HITECH : sharing and protecting patients' health information -- Patient encounters and billing information -- Diagnostic coding : ICD-10-CM -- Procedural coding : introduction to CPT -- Visit charges and compliant billing -- Healthcare claim preparation and transmission -- Private payers/Blue Cross Blue Shield -- Medicare -- Medicaid -- TRICARE and CHAMPVA -- Workers' compensation and disability/automotive insurance -- Payments (RAS), appeals, and secondary claims -- Patient billing and collections -- Primary case studies -- RA/secondary case studies -- Hospital billing and reimbursement -- Diagnostic coding : introduction to ICD-9-CM and ICD-10-CM.