Would a medical coder who is observing a patient procedure in real time need a waiver from the patient in order to do so?
I would think this could be construed as a privacy issue since the coder is a non medical, non essential observer to the procedure.
I know if I was a patient and I found out that someone as non essential as a coder was present I would be upset if I didn't know they were a medical coder who just wanted to see the procedure beforehand.
Wouldn't this also have implications if for instance the procedure went bad and they discovered during an investigation that a non essential person was in the room and could have been a distraction to the doctor?
Has anyone has experience with this kind of thing?
I would think this could be construed as a privacy issue since the coder is a non medical, non essential observer to the procedure.
I know if I was a patient and I found out that someone as non essential as a coder was present I would be upset if I didn't know they were a medical coder who just wanted to see the procedure beforehand.
Wouldn't this also have implications if for instance the procedure went bad and they discovered during an investigation that a non essential person was in the room and could have been a distraction to the doctor?
Has anyone has experience with this kind of thing?