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American Health Information Management Association Standards of Ethical Coding [2016 version]
Author: AHIMA House of Delegates
Source: AHIMA
Publication Date: December 2016
The AHIMA Standards of Ethical Coding are intended to assist and guide coding professionals whether credentialed or not; including but not limited to coding staff, coding auditors, coding educators, clinical documentation improvement (CDI) professionals, and managers responsible for decision-making processes and operations as well as HIM/coding students. The standards outline expectations for making ethical decisions in the workplace and demonstrate coding professionals' commitment to integrity during the coding process, regardless of the purpose for which the codes are being reported.
Ethical Standards for Clinical Documentation Improvement (CDI) Professionals (2016)
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA
Publication Date: June 2016
The AHIMA Ethical Standards for Clinical Documentation Improvement Professionals are intended to assist in decision making processes and actions, outline expectations for making ethical decisions in the workplace, and demonstrate the professionals' commitment to integrity. They are relevant to all clinical documentation improvement professionals and to those who manage the clinical documentation improvement (CDI) function, regardless of the healthcare setting in which they work.
AHIMA Code of Ethics
Author: AHIMA House of Delegates
Source: AHIMA
Publication Date: October 02, 2011
Revised & adopted by AHIMA House of Delegates - October 2, 2011
Developing a Coding Compliance Policy Document (2010 update)
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: March 2010
This practice brief has been retired. It is made available for historical purposes only.
In the Winds of Change, Principles Provide a Steady Course
Author: Johns, Merida L.
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: September 2006
HIM professionals have weathered dramatic structural, environmental, and technological winds of change due to several reasons, but the profession’s fundamental principles, remain unchanged even as they apply to each new method of practice. Our passions are the winds
that propel our vessel....
Spoliation of Medical Evidence
Author: Tomes, Jonathan P.
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: October 2005
To avoid the improper destruction or alteration of records, HIM departments must follow a retention schedule, train personnel, and ensure that corrections leave original entries intact.
Although the legal concept known as spoliation of evidence has been a part of the American legal syste....
Coding Ethically
Author: Bronnert, June
Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes
Publication Date: October 2005
With the many reimbursement issues and regulatory requirements surrounding coding, it is sometimes necessary for coders to refamiliarize themselves with what it means to code ethically. AHIMA’s Coding Policy and Strategy Committee developed the Standards of Ethical Coding, which were app....
Health Information Management in the Global Community: Ethical Issues
Author: Harman, Laurinda B.; Mullen, Virginia L.
Source: AHIMA Convention
Publication Date: October 15, 2004
The complexities of protecting patient privacy, across the continuum of global healthcare systems, raise new ethical challenges for health information management (HIM) professionals. This session will address the importance of ethical principles, professional values, and cultural differences t....
AHIMA Code of Ethics
Author: AHIMA House of Delegates
Source: AHIMA
Publication Date: July 01, 2004
AHIMA's Code of Ethics has been updated. You can view the most current version here.
Due Diligence in Moderation: Disclosing PHI (HIPAA on the Job)
Author: Amatayakul, Margret
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: September 2003
Direct caregivers have long been concerned about balancing patient protections with customer relations: Who do you talk to and how much do you tell? This was an issue long before HIPAA, and has only become more complex with HIPAA. And while HIPAA provides guidance, there are still....
Are Ethics Guiding Your Workplace?
Author: Yokubaitis, Pamela R.
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: September 2003
Sanctions under the HIPAA regulations mean serious financial consequences for healthcare professionals who release protected health information to others without following proper disclosure protocols. But HIM professionals should not be motivated by fear of financial consequences alone. Ou....
Adoption and Reproductive Technology: Determining Appropriate Access to Information
Author: Harman, Laurinda B.
Source: In Confidence (newsletter)
Publication Date: May 02, 2003
There was a time when the decision regarding access to information generated about adopted children was relatively easy and the HIM professional could refer to the state statutes for guidance. This article suggests that the legal aspect is a necessary but insufficient basis for making decisio....
Navigating in Today's Ethical Jungle: Quick Tips for Untangling HIM Ethical Issues
Author:
Source: AHIMA Advantage
Publication Date: August 2002
Sooner or later, it happens to everyone who works in health information management. Perhaps one of the physicians in your group has a habit of completing notes long after seeing patients and wants you to indicate that records are done in a timely fashion. Or maybe your facility is in the middle....
Recommended Regulation and Standard Acquisition for Specific Healthcare Settings
Author: Burrington-Brown, Jill; Rhodes, Harry B.
Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: June 2002
This practice brief has been updated. See the latest version here. This version is made available for historical purposes only.
HIM & Ethical Decision Making: Complex Challenges
Author: Harman, Laurinda B.
Source: AHIMA Convention
Publication Date: October 10, 2001
The successful health information management (HIM) professional (RHIT and RHIA) must be simultaneously passionate about two things: (1) information management expertise and (2) ethical principles and professional values. Technical expertise without ethical principles and professional....
Blue-ribbon Approach to Compliance
Author: Meaney, Mark E.
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: September 2001
The seeds of today’s compliance movement were first sown 60 years ago in a one-car shed in Palo Alto, CA. With a mere $538 in start-up capital, Bill Hewlett and David Packard launched a high-tech revolution and created a bellwether of the modern economy when they founded Hewlett-Packard (HP).
....
Developing a Coding Compliance Policy Document (2001)
Author: AHIMA Coding Team
Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: July 2001
This practice brief has been updated. See the latest version here. This version is made available for historical purposes only.
On The Line: Professional Practice Solutions
Author: Hjort, Beth M.
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: July 2001
Q: It's difficult to research and write organizational policies because of the myriad external forces governing the same healthcare issues. Do you have guidelines to help ensure we don't miss any mandates?
Q: How does a healthcare organization deal with conflicting directives betwee....
Drafting Policy on Business Ethics
Author: Dingman, Barbara
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: April 2001
The Office of Inspector General’s (OIG) attention to fraud and abuse has certainly changed the way hospitals and their vendors conduct business. For many years, it has been common practice for vendors to court their clients with gifts and outings to get their product purchased, and....
Ethical Coding in the Physician Office
Author: Austin, Peg; Stanfill, Mary H
Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes
Publication Date: March 2001
Data quality has never been more scrutinized than it is today. Health Care Financing Administration rules and contractual obligations from various insurance companies complicate the notion of correct coding. At the same time, numerous trade associations publish coding guidelines that....
Who Should Have Access to Your Information? Privacy through the Ethics Lens
Author: Friedman, Emily
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: March 2001
How can HIM professionals balance the data demands of outside parties with the patients assumption that health information will be kept private? The author examines this question through the lens of ethics.
And yet, and yet, one thing I keep from you...."
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Crossing the Spectrum: Steps for Making Ethical Decisions
Author: Navran, Frank J.
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: March 2001
Resolving ethical dilemmas is never an easy process, but you can take certain steps to simplify it. The author provides a framework for addressing ethical issues that is useful to both organizations and individuals responsible for dealing with ethical challenges.
We read and....
Conduct is Their Business
Author: Byrd, Katherine
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: March 2001
Suppose you were asked to do something unethical on the job. What if you were asked by your supervisor to hide delinquent charts just prior to a Joint Commission survey? What would you do?
As a profession, HIM professionals understand our moral obligation to the patient to p....
Ethics in Practice: Asking the Right Questions
Author: Kloss, Linda L
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: March 2001
When was the last time you had to decide the right thing to do? Recall a time when an employee asked your advice about what action would be right or wrong. What words would you would use to describe how you made the decisions? Words like "judgement," "intuition," a....
Long-term Care by the Book: AHIMA Releases Practice Standards
Author: Johnson, Deborah A.
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: March 2001
Often, when HIM professionals attempt to uphold standards of practice in their facility, they are asked, "where does it say that I can't do this?" or "show me where it says...". A report recently issued by a task force of HIM professionals is meant to provide that....
Groups Offer E-health Ethics Smorgasboard
Author: Asmonga, Donald D.
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: July 2000
E-health experts nationally are hard at work developing guidelines for this rapidly growing industry. Recently, three sets of guidelines were issuedby an advisory committee to the Federal Trade Commission, by the Internet Healthcare Coalition (IHC), and by a group of information....
IHC Eyes E-health Code of Ethics
Author: Asmonga, Donald D.
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: June 2000
The privacy of personal information on the Internet is a hot topic nationwide. Is an e-health code of ethics in order? AHIMA and several other organizations are offering guidance this spring to the industry's first attempt at one.
Together with the American Medical Informa....
Confronting Ethical Dilemmas on the Job: An HIM Professional's Guide
Author: Harman, Laurinda B.
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: May 2000
What would you do if asked to do something on the job you suspected might be unethical? HIM professionals encounter these situations often. Our author takes us back to the original code of ethics and shows us how its principles can still apply today.
Today's HIM professionals operate in....
E-health Code of Ethics Under Way
Author:
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: May 2000
The Internet Healthcare Coalition (IHC) held a working summit from January 31 through February 2 to begin the development of an international "e-health Code of Ethics." The summit produced a set of guiding principles to govern the behavior of all health sites on the Internet. T....
Standards of Ethical Coding
Author: AHIMA Board of Directors
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: March 2000
[The Standards of Ethical Coding have been updated. You can view the most current version here.]
Common (and Uncommon) Ground
Author: Dixon-Lee, Claire
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: June 1999
On a trip to Dublin this spring, I met with several officers of the Healthcare Informatics Society of Ireland. During this visit, we talked about health information management, finding common ground on topics like:
Year 2000 compliance
the need for clinical vocabulary....
Ethics in the Age of Compliance. Script
Author: Kloss, Linda L
Source: AHIMA presentation
Publication Date: January 02, 1999
Ethics in the Age of Compliance. Presentation
Author: Kloss, Linda L
Source: AHIMA presentation
Publication Date: January 02, 1999
Ethics in the Age of Compliance. Handouts
Author:
Source: AHIMA presentation
Publication Date: January 02, 1999
AHIMA Code of Ethics
Author: AHIMA House of Delegates
Source: AHIMA
Publication Date: October 04, 1998
AHIMA's Code of Ethics has been updated. You can view the most current version here.
Recommended Regulation and Standard Acquisition for Specific Healthcare Settings (1998)
Author: Rhodes, Harry B.
Source: AHIMA practice brief
Publication Date: April 1998
This practice brief has been updated. See the latest version here. This version is made available for historical purposes only.
Journal Q&A (4/98)
Author: AHIMA Professional Practice Team
Source: AHIMA Q and A
Publication Date: April 02, 1998
Q: I have a deposition scheduled for next week. The issue at hand is whether a preprinted manufacturer's instruction sheet on how to use a piece of medical equipment should be a part of the medical record. Our position is that it should not be included because it does not reflect ....
Health Information Management Practice Standards
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA book
Publication Date: 1998
These practice standards are being made available for historical purposes only.
AHIMA's Directional Strategies: Values, Vision, and Mission (Resolution
Author: AHIMA House of Delegates
Source: Journal of AHIMA | AHIMA HoD Resolution
Publication Date: January 1998
Background Information
Associations exist to serve the goals of its members who are its community of interest. Unlike the private sector, associations have no stockholders. Its customers are its owners and its owners are its customers. An association's strategic frameworkits....
Journal Q&A (1/98)
Author: AHIMA Professional Practice Team
Source: AHIMA Q and A
Publication Date: January 02, 1998
Q: I am a coder in a hospital HIM department. I am being pressured to code in a manner I believe to be fraudulent in order to maximize reimbursement and improve the hospital's case mix. What should I do?
A: Always remember to exhaust all avenues for resolving the matter....
Practice Standards (1992)
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA book excerpt
Publication Date: 1992
These practice standards are being made available for historical purposes only.
Practice Standards (1990)
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA book excerpt
Publication Date: 1990
These practice standards are made available for historical purposes only.
Standards and Guidelines for Occupational Health Recordkeeping
Author: Lynch, John J
Source: Journal of AMRA
Publication Date: February 1986
The occupational health record guidelines and standards of the American Industrial Hygiene Association, the American Occupational Medical Association, the American Medical Association, and the American Association of Occupational Health Nurses are reviewed. These guidelines and standards are, for the most part, consistent with health record content and format in other health care settings.
Components of Occupational Health Information Systems
Author: Lynch, John J
Source: Journal of AMRA
Publication Date: January 1986
Four databases are essential to the effectiveness of an occupational health information system. These are: job history, work site exposure, environmental agents and health and safety information. The most frequently cited elements of each data base are presented, as are the factors common to successful occupational health information systems.
Practice Standards (1985)
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA book excerpt
Publication Date: 1985
These practice standards are being made available for historical purposes only.
Practice Standards (1984)
Author:
Source: AHIMA book excerpt
Publication Date: 1984
These practice standards are being made available for historical purposes only.
Professionalism and the Medical Record Practitioner
Author: Payne, Betty K.
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: March 1983