Certified Medical Coder - Inpatient (REMOTE)

Certified Medical Coder - Inpatient 

JOB-10028794

Anticipated Start Date

June 08, 2026

Location

Remote

Type of Employment

Contract Hire

Employer Info

Our client provides top-ranked care, dozens of inpatient and outpatient specialties, and mental health services with a team of highly trained and caring medical professionals who are compassionate, culturally competent and patient centered. Their vision is to be a fully integrated health system that enables New Yorkers to live their healthiest lives. Many of their roles are temp-to-hire, giving our client and our candidates the opportunity to ensure they are the right fit for a full-time position, as this comes with career advancement opportunities and excellent benefits. In fact, over 30% of our candidates have converted to full-time positions at our client.

Job Summary

We are looking for individual to join our client’s team as Certified Medical Coder to focus on inpatient coding in an acute care setting. The ideal candidate will accurately code inpatient medical records, ensure compliance with federal, payer, and facility coding guidelines, and support coding quality and accuracy within the organization.

Job Description

• Assign the principal diagnosis, secondary diagnosis and procedure codes for inpatient discharges,
• Ambulatory Surgery and ER visits, utilizing 3M HDM coding system, EPIC Electronic Medical Record.
• Report on Congenital Malformation to the State.
• Analyze the discharged patient’s medical record for completeness and accuracy, to ensure that they are
• following hospital, corporate and outside Government Agencies standards.
• Generate queries for documentation specialist for query follow-up.
• Interact with Clinical Documentation Specialists for query follow up.
• Maintains confidentiality of information from patient’s medical records.
• Performs concurrent and retrospective clinical documentation review and provides data when necessary.
• Works with other departments to ensure that accurate reporting and reimbursement are facilitated.
• Perform other duties as assigned by Manager / Director.

Skills Required

• Minimum 5+ years of inpatient coding experience required.
• Strong expertise in 3M, Windows, and EPIC systems required
• Comprehensive knowledge of coding, current coding  guidelines, anatomy and physiology, ICD 10 classification systems and NYS & TJC record documentation guidelines.

Education/Training/Certifications

• Completion of High School and Some College Successful Completion of a coding program.
• Healthcare coding or health information certifications such as CCS, RHIA, RHIT, or CCP required

Additional Requirements

• Schedule: 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM | 4 weekdays and 1 weekend day
• Candidates must be comfortable working in the Eastern Time Zone

 Pay Rate

• $32–$38 per hour, based on experience, skills, and market factors

HirePower Personnel, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, protected veteran status, or other characteristics protected by law.