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Inpatient Medical Coder at micro1
Facility coders use ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS to assign principal and secondary diagnoses for entire admissions and judge how complications, comorbidities and procedures affect DRG assignment. They compare AI-generated notes and code suggestions with real inpatient standards, flag opportunities for provider queries, and validate entries in inpatient record and encoder systems.
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What you would do
- Review inpatient records for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS coding accuracy
- Determine principal and secondary diagnoses and the DRG impact of MCCs, CCs and procedures
- Flag documentation gaps that warrant provider queries
- Evaluate AI-generated notes and code suggestions, and resolve coding discrepancies
What the listing asks for
- Preferred: Active coding certification, for example CIC, CCS, RHIA, RHIT, or an AHIMA or AAPC credential
- Preferred: Coding of inpatient cases in ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS, with DRG, MCC/CC and POA concepts
- Preferred: Current official ICD-10 code sets on hand, and knowledge of AHA Coding Clinic
- Preferred: Currently in inpatient coding, CDI or a closely related role
- Preferred: At least 10 hours a week of availability
Suits professionals who currently do inpatient facility coding and understand DRG logic, with roughly 10 hours a week to spare.
The listing as micro1 posted it
This is micro1's public listing for the role, read October 29, 2026, with dashes and placeholder links cleaned up. The listing is micro1's text; the summary above and everything below it is ours.
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 and 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, summaries, and code suggestions against real-world documentation and 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, RHIA, or RHIT, or another AHIMA or AAPC coding credential.
- 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.
Referral link. We may be paid a referral fee.
Pay and terms
The listing does not state a rate for this role. micro1's expert guide describes pay in bands by type of work rather than per role, so treat any figure you see elsewhere as unconfirmed until it appears in your contract.
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Before you apply
Medical listings tend to ask for a license, a certification or a clinical specialty. Keep your credentials and specialty to hand, and check whether the listing limits applicants to US-licensed clinicians.
Applying starts with an AI interview, then certification, then matching to projects by recruiters. micro1 says certification does not guarantee a project, so treat this as flexible work and not as a job offer. The how to become an AI trainer guide walks through each step.
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People also ask
Can a certified inpatient coder work from home?
Yes, at micro1: this Inpatient Medical Coder role is remote contract work for people in the United States. It prefers an active credential such as CIC, CCS, RHIA or RHIT, or another AHIMA or AAPC coding credential, and at least 10 hours of weekly availability. Because micro1 projects are not guaranteed to continue, treat it as flexible work rather than fixed hours.
What does a remote inpatient coder do?
In this micro1 role, a coder assigns principal and secondary diagnoses for a full admission, using ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS, and judges how MCCs, CCs and procedures affect DRG assignment. You also flag opportunities for provider queries, compare AI-generated notes and code suggestions with inpatient coding standards, and validate entries in inpatient record and encoder systems.
How to get into inpatient coding?
micro1's listing seeks people already in inpatient coding or a closely related role such as clinical documentation improvement. It prefers inpatient ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS experience including DRG, MCC/CC and POA concepts, an active coding credential, current official code sets and familiarity with AHA Coding Clinic. You then apply and take micro1's AI interview, and certification does not guarantee a project.
How much do medical coder jobs pay?
This page does not give a general pay figure for medical coders, because we do not publish market salary data. The micro1 Inpatient Medical Coder listing shows no pay rate. It is remote, US-based contract work, and the listing prefers at least 10 hours of availability a week. Any rate micro1 states applies to the project, not to what one person earns.
How much does the Inpatient Medical Coder role at micro1 pay?
The listing does not state a rate for this role, so we cannot give a figure. micro1's expert guide describes pay in bands by type of work rather than per role. Ask during onboarding, and read the contract before you accept work.
Is the Inpatient Medical Coder role remote?
Yes. The listing describes it as remote work. On where you can be based, it says: remote, United States. Read the eligibility line on the listing before you apply.
How do I apply for the Inpatient Medical Coder role?
Open the listing on micro1's site and apply there. Applying starts with an AI interview, followed by certification and matching to projects by recruiters. micro1 says certification does not guarantee a project. Our how to become an AI trainer guide covers each step.
Is this listing still open?
We read micro1's public listing on October 29, 2026. Roles close without notice, so confirm on the listing itself. If it has closed, the other medical and health roles on this site are linked below.
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Sources and method
- micro1 public job listing for this role, read October 29, 2026. The summary, task and requirement lines are our paraphrase of that listing.
- The questions under People also ask: Google's related questions for this kind of role in the United States, as reported by Ahrefs, pulled October 29, 2026. Answers are ours, written from the listing and from our own sourced micro1 pages.
- micro1 help library and expert guide for payment timing and the hiring steps, read 17 October 2026.
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