Our standard of ethics stems from moral values that each of us forms based on conduct that our family, friends, neighbors, and religious and government leaders expect from us and what we expect from others.  for many of us this means to treat every person the way we would want to be treated.  Would you want  a medical insurance or medical billing and coding specialist to tell others that you are an alcoholic?  At first you may say that you’ll keep the patient’s information confidential, but in reality all of us have a tendency to gossip or share information.  Gossiping doesn’t violate moral values because many of us have grown up in a culture where it is expected that some rules would be broken.  In fact, we tend to look strangely who always obeys rules.  You may have asked a police officer to give you a break and not write a traffic ticket , and it is not unusual to take a sick day even though you’re not sick.  Does this violate moral values?  The rule states that sick days are to be used when you’re sick.  If you’re not sick, then you should take a vacation day or personal day, but not a sick day.

Medical billing and coding specialists, and insurance specialists and others in allied health fields follow rules created by the government, employers and professional associations.  Government rules are laws and must be followed.  Employers and professional associations create rules that should be followed.  It is important for job security to know all the rules associated with the medical billing and coding profession.  It is however, most important, to know the laws, because that can have legal ramifications if government laws breached and legal action can be taken.

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