Aapc is to provide education and professional

AAPC is to provide education and professional certification to physician-based medical coders
and to elevate the standards of medical coding by providing training, certification, networking,
and job opportunities. AHIMA’S and AAPC’S standard of ethics are similar in the aspect of
upholding the privacy and confidentiality of data in the electronic health record (EHR). Both
organizations state that a professional should portray a professional manner to maintain a higher
standard for that profession. Another standard that they share is continuing education, which
allows for the latest laws, regulations, and practices to be kept up to date. Behavior is also listed
and states to conduct oneself in a professional and ethical way to avoid conflicts and demonstrate
good judgement. By not maintaining the values and ethics of professional conduct, goes against
the code of ethics. Both organizations promote the ethical standards of medical coding and
AHIMA’s guidelines on code of ethics. While they both perform different things for HIM and
medical coders, they have the same principles of following the code of ethics. I think to be good
in HIM you really need integrity.

RUNNINGHEADER: Ethical Standards
The difference between the two organizations mainly fall on the AHIMA’s side of ethics, which
is more specific to coding professionals. The AAPC code of ethics has a more general guidelines
for professionals. In AHIMA’s code of ethics, coding only what is documented in the EHR is a
specific principle. There is also a principle for a query when documentation needs to be clarified