Learn the US medical billing workflow through 30 written lessons, fictional exercises and explained practice tests. Begin with insurance and billing terms, then work through registration, eligibility, authorizations, claims, payments and account follow-up. Finish with six advanced case workshops. Read the lessons freely without registration; account features are separate.
Free medical billing training: foundations to advanced cases
Course details
- Format
- self-study
- Language
- English / Urdu
- Duration
- Self-paced; 30 written lessons plus practice. No fixed completion time.
- Prerequisites
- No billing experience required. Basic English reading and arithmetic are helpful.
- Learning outcomes
- Explain the revenue cycle; interpret fictional responses; reconcile teaching ledgers; document next actions; practice evidence-based decisions.
- Price
- Free
- Enrollment
- No registration required
Curriculum
- Medical billing for beginners: the revenue cycle explained · public
- US health insurance basics: Medicare, Medicaid and plan types · public
- Patient registration in medical billing: a beginner checklist · public
- Eligibility and benefits verification: what to check before billing · public
- Deductible, copay, coinsurance and allowed amount explained · public
- Coordination of benefits: understanding primary and secondary payers · public
- Prior authorization and referrals: tracking the right approval · public
- Charge entry in medical billing: dates, units and quality checks · public
- ICD-10-CM, ICD-10-PCS, CPT and HCPCS: know the difference · public
- How to look up ICD-10-CM codes using the Index and Tabular List · public
- ICD-10-CM conventions: exclusions, placeholders and seventh characters · public
- ICD-10-CM lookup practice: I10, E11.9 and R51.9 · public
- CMS-1500 and 837P vs UB-04 and 837I: claim basics · public
- Claim submission and acknowledgments: sent, accepted or paid? · public
- Claim rejection vs denial: how to choose the next step · public
- Payment posting: reading an ERA and reconciling the deposit · public
- Accounts receivable follow-up: preparing a useful payer call · public
- Medical billing appeals: building a focused evidence packet · public
- Patient billing basics: balances, ABNs and QMB protections · public
- Provider enrollment, credentialing and NPI: separate checks · public
- Coverage, medical necessity, NCCI edits and modifiers · public
- Patient privacy in a medical billing workplace · public
- Medical billing interview preparation and professional English · public
- Medical billing practice case: from registration to reconciliation · public
- Advanced payment posting: reversals, corrections and audit trails · public
- Advanced denial analysis: finding the cause behind repeated errors · public
- Advanced AR prioritization: deadlines, missing evidence and ownership · public
- Secondary billing reconciliation: avoiding duplicate collections · public
- RCM quality metrics: calculating rates without misleading yourself · public
- Advanced capstone: partial payment, disputed line and next-action plan · public
Start with any lesson in the curriculum above. Public self-study is free and does not require enrollment.
Any academy completion certificate records course completion only. It is not a professional credential issued by AAPC, AHIMA or another certification body.