Healthcare
Medical Records Coder
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Role Title: Medical Records Coders
Role Type: Contractor
Location: US - Remote
The company is engaging Medical Records Coders (CCS / CIC / CPC certified) to contribute their expertise to a dynamic project for a valued customer. 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. No prior experience in AI is required, your domain knowledge is what matters.
Scope of Work
- Annotate and review medical records, including encounter notes, progress notes, operative reports, consults, lab and imaging results, and discharge summaries, ensuring precise ICD-10-CM, ICD-10-PCS, CPT, and HCPCS code assignment based on documentation.
- Identify principal and secondary diagnoses, sequence codes according to guidelines, and assign modifiers and Present on Admission (POA) indicators where applicable, to verify and enrich data sets.
- Apply coding conventions and payer-neutral best practices, including the Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting and AHA Coding Clinic guidance, while flagging documentation gaps and query opportunities.
- Collaborate with project stakeholders using both written and verbal communication to clarify requirements, resolve documentation ambiguities, and ensure data integrity.
- Deliver high-quality feedback on coding guidelines and complex cases to support project workflow improvements and enhance AI model understanding.
- Ensure accuracy and completeness of all coding-related annotations per current best practices and coding standards.
Preferred Qualifications
- Active AHIMA Certified Coding Specialist (CCS), AAPC Certified Inpatient Coder (CIC), or AAPC Certified Professional Coder (CPC) credential.
- Thorough expertise in ICD-10-CM, ICD-10-PCS, and CPT, with hands-on experience coding from medical records.
- Experience coding across settings such as acute care, outpatient, emergency department, and physician practice.
- Proficiency in reviewing and coding various types of clinical documentation and addressing complex coding challenges.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, demonstrating meticulous attention to detail and clarity.
- Access to current ICD-10-CM, ICD-10-PCS, and CPT code sets and Official Coding Guidelines.
Skills
- Attention to detail
- Written and verbal communication
- Problem Solving
- CPT
- Data annotation
- ICD-10-CM
- ICD-10-PCS
- Stakeholder collaboration
- Aha coding clinic guidelines
- Medical record review
- Querying documentation gaps
- Clinical documentation coding
- Official guidelines for coding and reporting
- Code sequencing and assignment
This role at a glance
At $50–$70/hr, the Medical Records 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 1 day 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
1 day
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
- CPT$50–$70/hr median
6 open roles · up to $70/hr
- Data annotation$30–$60/hr median
6 open roles · up to $70/hr
- Problem Solving$45–$70/hr median
9 open roles · up to $400/hr
- Written and verbal communication$50–$80/hr median
17 open roles · up to $400/hr
Questions about this role
How much does the Medical Records 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 Medical Records 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 Medical Records Coder role ask for?
The posting asks for Attention to detail, Written and verbal communication, Problem Solving, CPT, Data annotation and ICD-10-CM. Naming them clearly in your application helps.
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