Certified Professional Biller (CPB)® Medical Billing Training Course
This entry-level, medical billing course ensures you receive the training you need to become a medical biller. You’ll learn how to maintain all details of the revenue cycle, including payer requirements, legal and regulatory issues, and reimbursements.
When to enroll
Our online medical billing course is perfect for beginners who have no medical billing experience and for seasoned medical billers who want to earn a CPB credential to become a medical billing specialist.
Value
AAPC trains over 5,000 new students annually to become medical billers. With a CPB certification, you can differentiate yourself in the field and demonstrate your knowledge of payers, reimbursements, and the revenue cycle to employers.
Education and experience
No work experience necessary. Knowledge of medical terminology, anatomy, and pathophysiology is recommended and is offered through AAPC's optional prerequisite course, Fundamentals of Medicine.
Course length
Self-paced: Average time to completion is 4 months or less. 6-month access to course materials with options for extensions.
Instructor-led: 16 weeks from start date to completion. New courses start every week.
Course syllabus
Financial options
Pay in full: Price includes $250 pay-in-full discount
Pay over time: Make easy monthly payments over 12, 18, or 24 months
Course curriculum overview
Our medical billing training course gives you a broad understanding of health insurance, along with specific knowledge on legal and regulatory issues, and a variety of reimbursement methodologies to ensure you can accurately prepare, submit, and follow up on medical claims. You will learn how to use three major coding manuals: CPT®, ICD-10-CM, and HCPCS Level II.
The course provides hands-on practice with real-world, redacted medical records. Assures you have the proper qualifications to do medical billing for physician’s offices, clinics, insurance carriers, and for other types of healthcare facilities. Upon course completion, you will be prepared to take AAPC’s CPB certification exam.
Medical billing training objectives
List a variety of health insurance models and how they affect medical entities.
Understand the legal, regulatory considerations involved in health care reimbursement and collections.
Explain the process of a physician-based insurance claim, including obtaining patient data, claim form completion, insurance carrier processing, and payment received.
Demonstrate the ability to use the three major coding manuals, CPT®, ICD-10-CM, and HCPCS Level II, and apply medical necessity standards.
Explain the follow-up process for A/R in a physician’s office, including the top denials by insurance carrier along with their appeals process.
Course bundle includes
In addition to the actual course of interactive online lectures, step-by-step coding processes, and all training needed to pass the exam, you’ll receive:
AAPC membership (a $164 value - included with new member packages only)
Includes membership to AAPC which will help you plan your career and get discounts on all future classes, webinars, workshops, and materials.Online practice exams (included in Self-Paced Max and Instructor-Led packages)
Three 50-question practice exams to help you determine your readiness for the medical billing exam.CPB certification exam (included in Self-Paced Max and Instructor-Led packages — a $425 value)
The CPB exam features 135 multiple-choice questions over 4 hours.40 CEUs
Receive 40 CEUs on successful completion. One-time use only. AAPC certified prior to enrollment; excluding CPCO, CIRCC, CPMA, and specialty certifications.FREE BONUS: Denials Management & Appeals Reference Guide (included in Self-Paced Max and Instructor-Led packages — a $169 value)
Use this convenient resource to quickly reference all the info you need to find a code, code more accurately and efficiently, and stay compliant.
Why train with AAPC?
Any credential you earn through us will be recognized worldwide. AAPC has set the standards for medical billing and coding. CPBs and other AAPC-credentialed professionals represent some of the best in the industry.
Train with the same experts who created the exams. We created the industry’s accreditations for medical coders and medical billers — and have been teaching these programs for more than 35 years. Why study at an institution that bases its curriculum on AAPC’s when you can train directly with us?
Highest quality training, highest pass rates. We provide the most trusted curriculum and top-rated training, resulting in exam pass rates that remain unmatched by other programs.
Join a professional network of over 300,000 members. We’re the world's largest training and credentialing organization for the business of healthcare. We’ll be here to support you every step of the way, through tools and resources, payment plans, CEUs, workshops, networking events, and more.
FAQs: Get your questions answered
Medical billers take the coded information provided by medical coders and use it to prepare and submit claims to insurance companies and patients for reimbursement. Billers are responsible for ensuring that medical claims are accurate, complete, and compliant with insurance regulations. They also handle tasks such as invoicing patients, following up on unpaid claims, and resolving billing issues.
Additional training resources
Ensure you have mastered the prerequisites.
AAPC offers a three-topic Fundamentals of Medicine (medical terminology, anatomy, and pathophysiology) prerequisite training course to provide you with a high-level knowledge of medical terminology and other information that will allow you to succeed in the path to obtaining your CPB credential.
Review the study guide and test-taking techniques.
Designed to help you prepare for the exam, our official CPB Study Guide walks you through practical examples and sample questions, covering all the content sections found on the exam. Best of all, it provides testing tips for taking the AAPC CPB exam.
If you have billing experience or have successfully completed medical billing training, this study guide will optimize exam preparation.
Test your knowledge before the exam.
Diagnose your strengths and weaknesses. We highly recommend that you take one of the 50-question online practice exams to help you become familiar with the format and time constraints of the real test. Our practice tests accurately mirror the exam to ensure you are fully prepared on exam day.
Diagnose and prioritize your focus areas.
After you take your first practice exam, you’ll realize not all areas of CPB curriculum require equal study time. Based on your diagnostic results and practice performance, we’ll recommend lessons and exercises at just the right level. Follow these recommendations to make the most of your practice time.
