Ann M. Zeisset, RHIT, CCS, CCS-P

President, Ann Zeisset Consulting

Ann Zeisset, RHIT, CCS, CCS-P, is an independent consultant on ICD-10-CM/PCS. In her role she develops, supports and delivers training on ICD-10. Currently Ms. Zeisset is the senior consultant for ICD-10 at YES-HIM Consulting in Largo, FL and ICD-10 consultant for Career Step in Provo UT. She also serves as content developer and external ICD-10 faculty for AHIMA. Ms. Zeisset is an AHIMA-Approved ICD-10-CM/PCS Trainer.

Prior to this, she served twelve years as Manager of Professional Practice Resources for AHIMA. In that role, Ms. Zeisset provided professional expertise to AHIMA members, the media, and outside organizations on coding practice issues. She has authored and served as technical advisor for AHIMA online coding education, publications and articles on ICD-9-CM, CPT, and ICD-10-CM/PCS topics.

Prior to joining AHIMA, Ms. Zeisset served as director of Health Information/Utilization Management. Before that, Ms. Zeisset served in various coding roles, and has been an educator of coding and HIM for more than 25 years at multiple colleges including adjunct faculty in the Health Information Management Program at the University of Cincinnati. Ms. Zeisset has authored many coding related articles and has presented numerous seminars and educational sessions on coding and other HIM related topics throughout the United States. Ms. Zeisset completed a one year contract between the Foundation for Research and Education and CMS to determine potential impacts to CMS when converting from ICD-9-CM to ICD-10-CM/PCS coding systems. Ms Zeisset also testified for AHIMA before the National Center for Vital and Health Statistics on readiness for ICD-10. Ms. Zeisset is a frequent author and speaker on ICD-10-CM/PCS and serves as author and faculty for the AHIMA ICD-10-CM/PCS Academies to train trainers.

Ms. Zeisset was awarded the Distinguished Member award from SILHIMA in 2003 and the Certified Coding Specialist award in 2005, and the Professional Achievement award from ILHIMA in 2010. Ms. Zeisset received a bachelor’s degree in Organizational Leadership at Greenville College.