Inpatient Coder

Role Title: Inpatient Coder Role Type: Contractor Location: United States, Remote micro1 is engaging Inpatient 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 clinical documentation for accuracy, completeness, and coding integrity. - Evaluate AI-generated clinical notes and summaries against real-world documentation and coding standards. - Validate alignment between clinical documentation and assigned codes. - Write prompts that test how an AI handles real healthcare administrative work, including billing and coding, insurance and prior authorization, scheduling, and regulatory compliance. - Correct the code/data when the model falls short, grounded in day-to-day operational experience. Required Qualifications - Active coding certification such as CIC, CCS or CPC. - Inpatient ICD-10-CM coding experience, including DRG, MCC/CC, and POA concepts. - Demonstrated expertise in reviewing and abstracting information from EMRs. - Strong analytical skills and the ability to interpret complex clinical documentation. - Availability of at least 10 hours per week. - US-based. 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 , and the effective hourly rate will depend on the number of tasks completed and successfully signed off times the selected rate.