Remote ICD-10 Coder

Remote ICD-10 Outpatient Coder, AAPC Certified, Short-Term AI Pilot Project

Job Type: Contract, 1099, Remote, Part-Time Pay: $40 to $45 per hour, depending on experience Location: Remote, US-based only

About the Project: Nightingale's List is sourcing AAPC-certified outpatient coders for a short-term pilot project with a healthcare AI company. This is a contract opportunity to support an exciting initiative comparing US coder performance against established benchmarks, with strong potential to grow into a larger ongoing engagement based on pilot results.

What You'll Be Doing:

• Reviewing clinical transcripts and assigning accurate ICD-10-CM codes
• Identifying primary diagnoses and secondary conditions
• Highlighting sentence-level text spans that support each coding decision
• Completing 5 test cases followed by approximately 20 production cases
• Working within the client's coding platform, full training and gold standard examples provided
• Estimated 30 to 45 minutes per case, roughly 13 to 19 hours of paid labeling work over the pilot

Required Qualifications:

• AAPC certification required, CPC strongly preferred (CCS-P or CRC also considered)
• Currently working in US outpatient medical coding
• Strong experience with ICD-10-CM, CPT, HCPCS, and HCC coding
• Familiarity with US clinical documentation standards
• Experience with chart review and audit workflows
• High attention to detail for evidence-based coding
• Comfortable working with transcript-style clinical notes
• Reliable internet and a quiet remote workspace
• Must be US-based and authorized to work in the US

Preferred Qualifications:

• 5 plus years of outpatient coding experience across mixed specialties
• Prior experience with chart audit or QA review
• Comfort working in unfamiliar coding platforms with new SOPs

Engagement Details:

• 1099 independent contractor
• Pilot starts week of ~April 21, 2026
• Time tracked through client platform during active labeling only, training and SOP review time is unpaid
• Paid weekly via direct deposit
• Potential for ongoing work if pilot performance is strong

About Nightingale's List:

Nightingale's List is a national healthcare staffing firm specializing in credentialed clinical professionals. We support facilities and partners across the US with a focus on compliance, responsiveness, and long-term workforce reliability. We treat our contractors like people, not numbers, and we pay on time.