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Inpatient Medical Coder
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Role Title: Inpatient Medical Coder
Role Type: Contractor
Location: United States, Remote
The company is engaging Inpatient Medical Coders to contribute to a valued project focused on enhancing inpatient clinical coding accuracy and data quality. In this role, you’ll apply your facility coding 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 inpatient medical records to ensure accurate ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS coding in line with current guidelines.
- Determine the principal and secondary diagnoses for the full admission.
- Assess how MCCs, CCs, and procedures affect DRG assignment.
- Review clinical documentation for accuracy and completeness, and flag opportunities for provider queries.
- Evaluate AI-generated clinical notes and summaries against real-world medical documentation.
- Review AI-generated code suggestions for compliance with inpatient coding standards.
- Identify and resolve diagnosis and procedure coding discrepancies to protect data integrity.
- Enter and validate AI-generated patient information in inpatient medical record and encoder systems.
Preferred Qualifications
- Active coding certification such as CIC, CCS or CPC.
- Inpatient ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS coding experience, including DRG, MCC/CC, and POA concepts.
- Access to current official ICD-10 code sets and guidelines, and familiarity with AHA Coding Clinic.
- Currently working in inpatient coding, clinical documentation improvement, or a closely related role.
- Availability of at least 10 hours per week.
Compensation Structure:
- Compensation is task based, meaning experts are paid per completed task that meets the project specifications.
- The average handling time (AHT) is approximately 1 hour per task. task, and the effective hourly rate will depend on the number of tasks completed and successfully signed off times the selected rate.
Skills
- ICD-10-CM
- ICD-10-PCS
- Inpatient Coding
- MS-DRG
This role at a glance
At $50–$70/hr, the Inpatient Medical 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 14 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
14 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.
- ICD-10-CM$50–$70/hr median
5 open roles · up to $70/hr
Questions about this role
How much does the Inpatient Medical 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 Inpatient Medical 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 Inpatient Medical Coder role ask for?
The posting asks for ICD-10-CM, ICD-10-PCS, Inpatient Coding and MS-DRG. Naming them clearly in your application helps.
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