Inpatient Coder

Pay: $50 - $70/hour

Role Title: Inpatient Coder

Role Type: Contractor

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.