Standards of Ethical Coding with Regard to Medical Billing and Coding

Standards of Ethical coding in regards to medical billing and coding
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Standards of Ethical coding in regards to medical billing and coding
Medical coding is an integral part of the healthcare ecosystem. Coding specialists take medical reports, including patient's medical information, doctor's diagnosis, any prescriptions, any medical procedures performed by the doctor, and assign them a set of codes ADDIN ZOTERO_ITEM CSL_CITATION {"citationID":"SIinAh2H","properties":{"formattedCitation":"(Medical Billing & Coding Certification, 2018)","plainCitation":"(Medical Billing & Coding Certification, 2018)","noteIndex":0},"citationItems":[{"id":163,"uris":["http://zotero.org/users/local/WvZUWaY4/items/9VG9NC2F"],"uri":["http://zotero.org/users/local/WvZUWaY4/items/9VG9NC2F"],"itemData":{"id":163,"type":"webpage","container-title":"MB&CC","title":"Everything you need to get started in Medical Billing and Coding","URL":"/learn-more-about-coding/","author":[{"literal":"Medical Billing & Coding Certification"}],"accessed":{"date-parts":[["2021",4,14]]},"issued":{"date-parts":[["2018"]]}}}],"schema":"https://github.com/citation-style-language/schema/raw/master/csl-citation.json"} (Medical Billing & Coding Certification, 2018). Insurance companies use the codes to reimburse health care providers. As Ray notes, medical coding specialists act as translators between the health care providers and the insurance companies ADDIN ZOTERO_ITEM CSL_CITATION {"citationID":"GyQBaNpp","properties":{"formattedCitation":"(Ray, 2016)","plainCitation":"(Ray, 2016)","noteIndex":0},"citationItems":[{"id":164,"uris":["http://zotero.org/users/local/WvZUWaY4/items/WP2IR5PX"],"uri":["http://zotero.org/users/local/WvZUWaY4/items/WP2IR5PX"],"itemData":{"id":164,"type":"webpage","container-title":"Chron","title":"Code of Ethics for Medical Coding/Billing Specialists","URL":"https://work.chron.com/job-description-administrator-radiology-practice-18924.html","author":[{"family":"Ray","given":"Linda"}],"accessed":{"date-parts":[["2021",4,14]]},"issued":{"date-parts":[["2016"]]}}}],"schema":"https://github.com/citation-style-language/schema/raw/master/csl-citation.json"} (Ray, 2016). The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) provides the ethical code of conduct that guides all coding professionals, including coding students ADDIN ZOTERO_ITEM CSL_CITATION {"citationID":"r0nhhNvv","properties":{"formattedCitation":"(AHIMA, 2016)","plainCitation":"(AHIMA, 2016)","noteIndex":0},"citationItems":[{"id":165,"uris":["http://zotero.org/users/local/WvZUWaY4/items/GZJWSFRF"],"uri":["http://zotero.org/users/local/WvZUWaY4/items/GZJWSFRF"],"itemData":{"id":165,"type":"webpage","container-title":"AHIMA","title":"Association Standards of Ethical Coding [2016 version]","URL":"http://bok.ahima.org/CodingStandards#.YHamtybivtR","author":[{"literal":"AHIMA"}],"accessed":{"date-parts":[["2021",4,14]]},"issued":{"date-parts":[["2016"]]}}}],"schema":"https://github.com/citation-style-language/schema/raw/master/csl-citation.json"} (AHIMA, 2016). The Standards of Ethical Coding are derived from AHIMA's Code of Medical Ethics but reinvented to best sui...