3.2. Take precautions to ensure and maintain the confidentiality of information transmitted, transferred, or disposed of in the event of termination, incapacitation, or death of a healthcare provider to other parties through the use of any media. 3.3. Inform recipients of the limitations and risks associated with providing services via electronic or social media (e.g., computer, telephone, fax, radio, and television). IV. Refuse to participate in or conceal unethical practices or procedures and report such practices. A health information management professional shall: 4.1. Act in a professional and ethical manner at all times. 4.2. Take adequate measures to discourage, prevent, expose, and correct the unethical conduct of colleagues. If needed, utilize the for potential ethics complaints. 4.3. Be knowledgeable about established policies and procedures for handling concerns about colleagues' unethical behavior. These include policies and procedures created by AHIMA, licensing and regulatory bodies, employers, supervisors, agencies, and other professional organizations. 4.4. Seek resolution if there is a belief that a colleague has acted unethically or if there is a belief of incompetence or impairment by discussing concerns with the one’s colleague when feasible and when such discussion is likely to be productive. 4.5. Consult with a colleague when feasible and assist the colleague in taking remedial action when there is direct knowledge of a health information management colleague's incompetence or impairment. 4.6. Take action through appropriate formal channels, such as contacting an accreditation or regulatory body and/or the AHIMA Professional Ethics Committee if needed. 4.7. Cooperate with lawful authorities as appropriate. A health information management professional shall not: 4.8. Participate in, condone, or be associated with dishonesty, fraud and abuse, or deception. A non-inclusive list of examples includes: Allowing patterns of optimizing or minimizing documentation and/or coding to impact payment Assigning codes without physician documentation Coding when documentation does not justify the diagnoses or procedures that have been billed Coding an inappropriate level of service Miscoding to avoid conflict with others
3.2. Take precautions to ensure and maintain the confidentiality of information transmitted, transferred, or disposed of in the event of termination, incapacitation, or death of a healthcare provider to other parties through the use of any media. 3.3. Inform recipients of the limitations and risks associated with providing services via electronic or social media (e.g., computer, telephone, fax, radio, and television). IV. Refuse to participate in or conceal unethical practices or procedures and report such practices. A health information management professional shall: 4.1. Act in a professional and ethical manner at all times. 4.2. Take adequate measures to discourage, prevent, expose, and correct the unethical conduct of colleagues. If needed, utilize the for potential ethics complaints. 4.3. Be knowledgeable about established policies and procedures for handling concerns about colleagues' unethical behavior. These include policies and procedures created by AHIMA, licensing and regulatory bodies, employers, supervisors, agencies, and other professional organizations. 4.4. Seek resolution if there is a belief that a colleague has acted unethically or if there is a belief of incompetence or impairment by discussing one’s concerns with the colleague when feasible and when such discussion is likely to be productive. 4.5. Consult with a colleague when feasible and assist the colleague in taking remedial action when there is direct knowledge of a health information management colleague's incompetence or impairment. 4.6. Take action through appropriate formal channels, such as contacting an accreditation or regulatory body and/or the AHIMA Professional Ethics Committee if needed. 4.7. Cooperate with lawful authorities as appropriate. A health information management professional shall not: 4.8. Participate in, condone, or be associated with dishonesty, fraud and abuse, or deception. A non-inclusive list of examples includes: Allowing patterns of optimizing or minimizing documentation and/or coding to impact payment Assigning codes without physician documentation Coding when documentation does not justify the diagnoses or procedures that have been billed Coding an inappropriate level of service Miscoding to avoid conflict with others
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