Inpatient Medical Coder

You will review inpatient medical records and help improve the accuracy of AI systems. The work uses facility coding expertise and inpatient standards to assess clinical documentation, diagnoses, procedures, and coding suggestions.

You will also compare AI-generated clinical notes, summaries, patient information, and coding recommendations with real-world inpatient requirements. You will identify discrepancies, resolve coding issues, and enter and validate information in inpatient medical record and encoder systems.

• Review inpatient records for accurate ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS coding.
• Determine principal and secondary diagnoses for complete admissions.
• Assess how diagnoses, procedures, MCCs, and CCs affect DRG assignment.
• Review documentation for completeness and identify opportunities for provider queries.
• Evaluate AI-generated clinical content, notes, summaries, patient information, and coding suggestions.
• Identify and resolve diagnosis and procedure coding discrepancies.
• Enter and validate information in inpatient medical record and encoder systems.

What it pays and takes

Current inpatient coding, clinical documentation improvement, or closely related experience is helpful, and experience evaluating clinical documentation or AI-generated medical content can support success.

• Pay: $50 to $70 per hour.
• Time: Less than 20 hours per week.
• Location: Remote and open to candidates in the United States.
• Language: Professional fluency in English.
• Preferred credentials: Active CIC, CCS, RHIA, RHIT, or another AHIMA or AAPC coding credential.
• Preferred knowledge: Inpatient ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS, DRG, MCC, CC, and POA concepts.
• Preferred resources: Access to current official ICD-10 code sets and guidelines, plus familiarity with AHA Coding Clinic.

How it works

You apply here in about two minutes and finish on the hiring platform. The next step is a short AI interview (technical roles include a coding challenge). Passing it is how you qualify for paid tasks, so take it soon after you are invited.

The hiring platform's application for this job asks for your resume, your LinkedIn profile, your phone number, your location and answers to 5 screening questions.

About AI training work

AI training is the human work behind artificial intelligence. People review records, label information, and evaluate model outputs so AI systems can produce more accurate and useful results. Medical coding specialists are paid for applying their professional knowledge to this work.

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