Inpatient Medical Coder

Role Title: Inpatient Medical Coder Role Type: Contractor Location: United States, Remote micro1 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.