President
Kathy Giannangelo Consulting, LLC
USA
Kathy Giannangelo MA, RHIA, CCS, FAHIMA, has extensive experience in clinical terminologies, classification, and data standards. As President of Kathy Giannangelo Consulting, LLC, her work includes clinical terminology feasibility assessments, adoption methodology appraisals, and implementation support. She has held several previous positions including map lead for SNOMED International and a member of faculty teaching a graduate level course on clinical vocabularies and classification systems. Ms. Giannangelo serves as editor of AHIMA’s Healthcare Code Sets, Clinical Terminologies, and Classifications textbook. In addition, she has authored numerous articles, created online continuing education courses on clinical terminologies, and has presented worldwide. Some of her ICD-11 work includes presentations at Medical Informatics Europe 2025 on “Initial Evaluation of ICD-11’s Adherence to Acceptable Terminology Practices” and AHIMA24 on “ICD-11: Implementation Considerations for the U.S.” In addition, she authored AHIMA’s on-demand webinar series “The Evolution of ICD-11” and three-module course “Introduction to ICD-11 Coding”.