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Are you a detail-driven Inpatient Medical Coder with a passion for accuracy, compliance, and meaningful impact in healthcare? We’re seeking experienced coding professionals to join a high-performing team supporting acute care inpatient services—all from the comfort of your home.

This is an exciting opportunity to work in a collaborative, quality-focused environment with strong leadership support and long-term growth potential.

As an Inpatient Medical Coder, you will play a critical role in ensuring accurate coding for reimbursement, compliance, and data integrity.

Key Responsibilities:

• Review and analyze inpatient medical records to assign accurate ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS codes
• Ensure proper APR-DRG, MS-DRG, SOI (Severity of Illness), ROM (Risk of Mortality), and POA assignment
• Evaluate documentation and query physicians to clarify diagnoses and procedures when needed
• Maintain coding accuracy to prevent denials, billing issues, and compliance risks
• Meet established productivity and turnaround time standards
• Collaborate with clinical staff, CDI specialists, and internal departments
• Use EHR systems and coding tools to support efficient workflows
• Stay current with regulatory changes and coding best practices (AHIMA, HIPAA)
• Assist with coding audits, corrections, and special projects as assigned

Required Experience & Skills:

• 3+ years of Inpatient coding experience (required)
• Strong knowledge of:
  • ICD-10-CM / ICD-10-PCS
  • APR-DRG and MS-DRG methodologies
  • Reimbursement processes and compliance standards
  • SOI and ROM assignment
• Experience in a hospital-based inpatient setting
• Ability to confidently query providers and interpret complex clinical documentation
• High attention to detail and strong analytical thinking skills

Certifications (Required):

• One of the following:
  • CCS (preferred)
• RHIT or RHIA

Education:

• High school diploma or equivalent required
• Formal ICD-10 training required
• Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree preferred

• Schedule: Full-time (multiple openings)
• Work Environment: 100% Remote
• Eligible Work Locations: MD, PA, DC, WV, VA, TN, TX, NC, SC, GA, FL
• Equipment: Must have home setup

• Pay Rate: $30 – $42/hour (based on experience)
• Contract-to-hire opportunity with long-term stability
• Retention Bonuses:
  • $750 after 90 days
  • $1,250 after 1 year
• Growth opportunities within coding and compliance teams

• Work remotely with a respected healthcare system
• Exposure to advanced DRG models (APR + MS-DRG) as industry standards evolve
• Be part of a team focused on quality, accuracy, and professional development
• Strong onboarding, support, and ongoing training

You’re a self-motivated, detail-oriented coding professional who thrives in a remote environment and enjoys solving complex documentation challenges. You’re confident in your expertise and eager to contribute to a high-impact healthcare team.

This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Annapolis, MD.

The pay range for this position is $30.00 - $42.00/hr.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following:
• Medical, dental & vision
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
• Short and long-term disability
• Health Spending Account (HSA)
• Transportation benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

This is a fully remote position.

This position is anticipated to close on Jun 29, 2026.

We're partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. That's the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

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The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

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