Outpatient Medical Coder

You will review outpatient clinical documentation and create accurate coding input for AI training systems. Your work will help models interpret documentation, diagnoses, procedures, and encounter complexity.

Records may come from physician offices, clinics, ambulatory surgery centers, and hospital outpatient departments.

• Assign ICD-10-CM and CPT/HCPCS codes from documented clinical information.
• Apply outpatient Evaluation and Management leveling using medical decision making or total time.
• Follow outpatient diagnosis coding conventions, modifier requirements, medical necessity standards, and diagnosis-to-procedure linkage.
• Interpret office visit notes, procedure notes, operative reports, and other clinical documentation.
• Clarify ambiguous documentation through written and verbal communication.
• Give detailed feedback on coding guidelines and difficult cases to improve model understanding and project workflows.

An active AAPC Certified Professional Coder certification is required, along with relevant outpatient coding knowledge and experience.

• $50 to $70 per hour equivalent, paid per task that meets the project specifications.
• Open to candidates in the United States.
• Active AAPC Certified Professional Coder certification required.
• Strong knowledge of ICD-10-CM, CPT, HCPCS Level II, and outpatient Evaluation and Management guidelines.
• Hands-on coding experience in primary care, specialty clinics, ambulatory surgery, outpatient hospital departments, or comparable settings.
• Clear communication, careful attention to detail, and sound judgment when documentation is incomplete or ambiguous.
• Access to current official coding reference materials required.

You apply here in about two minutes and finish on the hiring platform. The next step is a short AI interview (technical roles include a coding challenge). Passing it is how you qualify for paid tasks, so take it soon after you are invited.

The hiring platform's application for this job asks for your resume, your LinkedIn profile, your phone number, your location and answers to 6 screening questions.

AI training work is the human side of building artificial intelligence. Medical coders help prepare and review examples so AI systems can better understand clinical records, diagnoses, procedures, and coding decisions.