Angie Comfort, RHIT, CDIP, CCS
Director, HIM Practice Excellence
As part of the AHIMA HIM Practice Excellence team, Angie Comfort provides health information management (HIM) expertise to AHIMA members, the media, and outside organizations on coding practice issues. She authors and supports AHIMA’s online ICD-10 coding education and serves as faculty for the AHIMA ICD-10-CM/PCS Academies. In addition, she is a technical advisor for the Association on ICD-9-CM, CPT, and ICD-10-CM/PCS coding publications.
Prior to joining AHIMA, Ms. Comfort served as the senior director of the corporate office of a large operator of general acute care facilities. She was responsible for overseeing the centralized remote coding functions, coding compliance audits, and company-wide coding education, which included ICD-10 training of more than 600 coders. Over the past 20 years, she has held several different HIM roles; including HIM director, coding consultant, and HIM management consulting for several hospitals. She has been a frequent presenter on coding and HIM related topics.
As an AHIMA member, Ms. Comfort has served as a member of various work groups, item writing teams, job analysis task forces, coding roundtables, and practice councils.