What are some common terms included in medical billing?

Common terms included in medical billing include ancillary services, beneficiary, clean claim and outpatient, says Medical Billing and Coding Online. Ancillary services are any services offered by a medical facility other than room and board. A beneficiary is any individual eligible for medical benefits under a particular health care plan.

The beneficiary of a medical insurance plan may not be the individual who is paying to maintain the plan, according to Medical Billing and Coding Online. In medical billing terminology, a clean claim is an insurance claim that is filed error-free and processed in a timely fashion. Organizations called clearing houses review and fix medical claims before they are sent to insurers, which leads to more clean claims.