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HIPPA - Health Insurance Privacy & Portability Act = no influence on billing

This is actually HIPAA: Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996.

ICD - International Classification of Diseases (has numbers corresponding to diagnoses and procedures, which then have several associated CPT codes for each "number"

CPT - Current Procedural Terminology (has the exact billing codes, and THIS is where the MONEY is, which accrues to healthcare professionals and organizations when properly billed)

HCPCS - Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System - is a system (not the CPTs, themselves).

So, proper CPT coding is essential for proper billing.

(First answer provided by jbaker5791 in offline format, followed by online revision).

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