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Inpatient Coding Expert Fully Remote

Mercor

Job Location:

New York City, NY - USA

Monthly Salary: Not provided by the employer

Posted: 9 August 2026 (7 hours ago)

Application Deadline: 6 November 2026

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

About the job

Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco our investors include Benchmark General Catalyst Peter Thiel Adam DAngelo Larry Summers and Jack Dorsey.

Position: Clinical Documentation Integrity (CDI) Specialist
Type: Contract
Compensation: $50$150/hour
Location: Remote

Role Responsibilities

Review AI-agent attempts at realistic CDI/coding tasks. Judge whether each disposition is correct and adequately supported by the record.
Confirm work is completed and recorded. Ensure codes are changed queries sent holds placed DRG recomputed and notes and CDI reviews filed.
Identify fabricated or overstated work. Verify cited labs documents or prior encounters exist. Confirm provider responses and DRG or dollar figures are produced by the grouper.
Judge completeness and apply the right action to the right chart. Require verify-before-finalize for code fix query clinical-validation query or leave-alone decisions.
Write clear specific agree/disagree rationales on each attempt.

Qualifications

Must-Have

2 years of professional experience in inpatient hospital CDI inpatient DRG coding/auditing or clinical-documentation denial management.
Current or recent hands-on work under ICD-10-CM/PCS and MS-DRGs.
Reflexive professional judgment. Ability to spot unsupported diagnoses leading queries missed CC/MCCs or rubber-stamped accounts.
CCDS CDIP CCS RHIA/RHIT or RN with CDI experience (or equivalent). Hospital coding or HIM background.
Comfort working inside CAC/CDI software and reading the full clinical record including H&Ps consults progress notes discharge summaries labs and flowsheets.