Overview
☐☐ A professional code of ethics provides guidelines for professional actions. In this activity, you will learn about AHIMA Code of Ethics and respond to case
scenarios that require application of the code of ethics.
Instructions
1. Refer to the AHIMA Code of Ethics.
2. Then carefully review each case scenario and identify which code was breached.
3. Summarize how the breach could have been avoided, and explain how each situation should be handled once a breach occurs.
Case Scenario
Returning from a meeting of the Tissue Committee, where you took notes, you excitedly inform the assistant department director, "You know Dr. Clark, the one
who's always so ugly about completing their records? Well, the Committee said today that the big operation Dr. Clark did last month on a patient wasn't
necessary at all, and the Committee is recommending that their surgical privileges be suspended!"