In relation to the ethical decison-making process how has the code been violated and by using the 7 steps to identify a prevention option on: At a meeting of her bridge club, one of the members expresses sympathy for an absent member who, she reports, has recently been hospitalized as a result of acute appendicitis. Jane, and RHIA, remarks, "Oh, it was not appendicitis at all but, of course, I can't tell you what it was because that would not be ethical."