Domain VI. Subdomain / VI.H. Ethics / 1. Comply with ethical standards of practice.
An inpatient coder has come to you, as the Director of HIM, concerned that she has been
instructed by the coding supervisor to code all bedside debridements as excisional. In
discussion with the coding supervisor, she explains that surgical trays are ordered for the
bedside and that physicians have been ignoring the queries requesting clarification about the procedure. Instead, the supervisor tells her verbally that those debridements are always excisional.
1. Use the ethical decision making process to evaluate if this is an unethical situation
and if so, what AHIMA Code of Ethics or AHIMA’s Standards of Ethical Coding it
violates.
2. If it is a violation, determine what the implications might be to the coder,
coding supervisor, yourself, and the organization.
Include a one page cover sheet and a one page reference page. Your textbook and one non-textbook resource required.
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