Position: Hourly Contract
Location: Remote – United States
Compensation: $80/hour
About The Role
We are seeking experienced
Coding Managers and HIM Coding Leaders to evaluate AI-powered coding solutions and help train next-generation autonomous coding systems.
Your expertise in
professional fee (profee) and/or inpatient facility coding, ICD-10-CM/PCS, CPT/HCPCS, and HIM operations will directly inform AI tools designed to improve coding accuracy, productivity, and compliance across healthcare settings.
Key Responsibilities
- Oversee professional fee and/or facility inpatient coding operations, ensuring accuracy, productivity, and compliance with coding guidelines.
- Evaluate AI-generated coding assignments, including ICD-10-CM/PCS diagnoses, procedure codes, CPT/HCPCS codes, and DRG assignments, for accuracy and compliance.
- Conduct coding quality audits and provide targeted feedback to coding staff and AI systems.
- Monitor coding KPIs, including coder productivity, accuracy rates, unbilled accounts, and claim denial rates attributable to coding errors.
- Manage coding workflow queues, work distribution, and turnaround time compliance.
- Ensure adherence to Official Coding Guidelines, CMS regulations, and payer-specific coding requirements.
- Provide ongoing coding education and compliance training to coding staff.
- Collaborate with CDI, billing, and compliance teams to address coding-related revenue integrity issues.
- Annotate AI-generated coding outputs and provide structured feedback to support AI training datasets.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in medical coding, with at least 2 years in a coding manager or HIM leadership role.
- Expert knowledge of ICD-10-CM/PCS, CPT/HCPCS, and Official Coding Guidelines.
- Proficiency in professional fee (profee) coding and/or facility inpatient coding with DRG assignment experience.
- Experience conducting coding audits and developing coding quality improvement programs.
- Proficiency with coding software, including 3M, Nuance, Optum360, or TruCode, and EHR platforms.
- Exceptional written and verbal English communication skills.
- High attention to detail with the ability to identify coding errors, compliance risks, and AI output inaccuracies.
Preferred Qualifications
- CPC (Certified Professional Coder), CCS (Certified Coding Specialist), RHIA, or RHIT credential.
- Experience with computer-assisted coding (CAC) tools and NLP-based coding platforms.
- Background in inpatient facility coding with DRG optimisation experience.
- Familiarity with AI coding tools and comfort evaluating AI-generated coding assignments.
- Experience presenting coding performance data and quality metrics to leadership.
Why Join?
- Contribute to the development of frontier AI systems in healthcare.
- Collaborate with a world-class AI research organisation.
- Gain exposure to cutting-edge AI workflows in medical coding and health information management.
- Opportunity to work on high-impact projects shaping the future of healthcare AI.
Contract & Payment Terms
- Independent contractor engagement.
- Fully remote role that can be completed on your own schedule.
- Projects can be extended, shortened, or concluded early depending on needs and performance.
- Work will not involve access to confidential or proprietary information from any employer, client, or institution.
- Payments are weekly based on services rendered.
- H1-B and STEM OPT candidates are not supported at this time.
Engagement Details
- Position: Hourly Contract
- Location: Remote – United States
- Compensation: $80/hour
US
