Healthcare
Certified Inpatient Coder
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Role Title: Certified Inpatient Coder
Role Type: Contractor
Location: United States, Remote
The company is engaging Certified Inpatient Coders to contribute to a customer's project focused on enhancing medical data accuracy and integrity. In this role, you'll apply your expertise to help train next-generation AI systems. Your work will shape how models learn, reason, and perform through high-quality, real-world input.
Scope of Work
- Review and analyze inpatient medical records to ensure accurate ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS coding in alignment with current guidelines and best practices.
- Review clinical documentation for accuracy, completeness, and coding integrity.
- Identify principal and secondary diagnoses, sequence codes per the Official Guidelines, and assign Present on Admission (POA) indicators.
- Validate MS-DRG assignment, including identification of CCs and MCCs, and flag hospital-acquired conditions (HACs) and patient safety indicators.
- Evaluate AI-generated clinical notes and summaries against real-world documentation and coding standards.
- Code AI-generated diagnostic and procedural information from the record using ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS classification systems.
- Identify and resolve discrepancies in diagnosis and procedure coding, ensuring the integrity of record abstraction and data capture.
- Provide clear written feedback on coding errors and complex cases to improve model performance.
Preferred Qualifications
- Active certification in one of the following: CIC or CCS, or other coding certification through AHIMA and AAPC (e.g., RHIA, RHIT, COC).
- Inpatient ICD-10-CM/PCS coding experience.
- Access to up-to-date official ICD-10-CM/PCS coding books and Coding Clinic guidance.
- Currently working in inpatient medical coding, clinical documentation improvement, or a closely related documentation role.
- Availability of at least 10 hours per week.
Skills
- CPT
- ICD-10
- Inpatient Coding
- Inpatient Records
- CIC
- CPC
- AAPC
This role at a glance
At $50–$70/hr, the Certified Inpatient Coder role comes to about $4,330–$6,070 a month for 20 hours a week, or $8,670–$12,130 a month full time — roughly $104,000–$146,000 over a full year. These are estimates before tax; contract roles are paid for the hours you work. It was posted 15 days ago. Healthcare roles listed on RemoteJobsOne have stayed open a median of 24 days before closing, counted over the 56 that have closed so far.
20 hours a week
$4,330–$6,070
a month, before tax
Full time
$8,670–$12,130
a month at 40 hours a week
A full year
$104,000–$146,000
full time, 52 weeks
Open for
15 days
Healthcare roles here close after about 24 days, counted over 56 that have closed. Apply while it is open.
How this pay compares
This role pays $50–$70/hr. Across the 26 hourly healthcare roles open on RemoteJobsOne right now, the median runs from $50 to $70 an hour, and published rates range from $30 to $120. Its top rate of $70 sits within the category's median range.
This role
$50–$70/hr
Healthcare median
$50–$70/hr · full spread $30 to $120
What these skills pay
Hourly pay across every open role on RemoteJobsOne that asks for the same skills as this one.
- CPT$50–$70/hr median
6 open roles · up to $70/hr
Questions about this role
How much does the Certified Inpatient Coder role pay?
It pays $50–$70/hr, which is about $8,670–$12,130 a month full time before tax. The rate is set by the employer and shown exactly as published.
Compare pay across remote rolesIs this Certified Inpatient Coder job fully remote?
Yes. It is listed as a fully remote role, with the posting naming Global. You work from home, on your own equipment.
Is it full-time, part-time or contract work?
It is a contract role: you are paid for the hours you work, and you choose how many to take on within what the employer needs.
How remote contract work worksWhat skills does the Certified Inpatient Coder role ask for?
The posting asks for CPT, ICD-10, Inpatient Coding, Inpatient Records, CIC and CPC. Naming them clearly in your application helps.
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