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How much do hospital coding jobs pay per hour?

As of Jun 4, 2026, the average hourly pay for hospital coding in the United States is $34.18, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $30.77 and $37.74 per hour, depending on experience, location, and employer.

What are the key skills and qualifications needed to thrive as a Hospital Coder, and why are they important?

To thrive as a Hospital Coder, you need thorough knowledge of medical terminology, anatomy, and ICD-10-CM/PCS or CPT coding systems, often supported by certification such as CCS or CPC. Proficiency with hospital information systems and electronic health records (EHR) software is typically required. Attention to detail, analytical thinking, and effective communication are critical soft skills for accurately translating clinical documentation and collaborating with healthcare professionals. These skills ensure proper billing, regulatory compliance, and optimized hospital reimbursement.

What are some common challenges hospital coders face when working with complex patient records?

Hospital coders often encounter challenges such as interpreting incomplete or ambiguous physician documentation and ensuring accurate code assignment for complex cases with multiple diagnoses or procedures. Navigating frequent updates to coding standards (like ICD-10 and CPT) and staying compliant with regulatory requirements can also be demanding. Effective communication with clinical staff and attention to detail are essential to ensure coding accuracy, which directly impacts hospital reimbursement and compliance.

What is hospital coding?

Hospital coding is the process of translating medical diagnoses, procedures, and services provided during a patient's stay at a hospital into standardized codes. These codes are used for billing, insurance claims, and maintaining accurate patient records. Hospital coders use classification systems such as ICD-10-CM for diagnoses and CPT/HCPCS for procedures to ensure consistency and compliance with healthcare regulations. Accurate coding is essential for hospitals to receive proper reimbursement and for maintaining quality healthcare data.

What is the difference between Hospital Coding vs Medical Billing?

AspectHospital CodingMedical Billing
Primary RoleAssigns medical codes to diagnoses and procedures for billing and record-keepingProcesses insurance claims and manages billing for healthcare services
CredentialsCertified Professional Coder (CPC), Certified Coding Specialist (CCS)Certified Professional Biller (CPB), Certified Coding Associate (CCA)
Work EnvironmentHospitals, clinics, healthcare facilitiesMedical offices, billing companies, healthcare providers
Industry UsageUsed for accurate medical record documentation and reimbursementUsed for insurance claims submission and payment collection

Hospital Coding focuses on translating medical diagnoses and procedures into standardized codes, essential for billing and record accuracy. Medical Billing involves submitting claims and managing payments. While related, they are distinct roles within healthcare revenue cycle management, often working together but requiring different skills and certifications.

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Infographic showing various Hospital Coding job openings in the United States as of May 2026, with employment types broken down into 2% Locum Tenens, 73% Full Time, 16% Part Time, and 9% Contract. Highlights an 76% Physical, 4% Hybrid, and 20% Remote job distribution, with an average salary of $71,100 per year, or $34.2 per hour.
Hospital Coding Liaison-Outpatient

Hospital Coding Liaison-Outpatient

Orlando Health

Orlando, FL • Remote

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Medical, Retirement, PTO

Posted 16 days ago


Orlando Health rating

7.4

Company rating: 7.4 out of 10

Based on 586 frontline employees who took The Breakroom Quiz

248th of 865 rated healthcare providers


Job description


Position Summary

Fully Remote Opportunity! 

At Orlando Health, we are ordinary people with extraordinary individuality, working together to bring help, healing and hope to those we serve. By daily embodying our over 100-year legacy, we reinforce our reputation as a trusted and respected healthcare organization that delivers professional and compassionate care to our patients, families and communities. Through our award-winning hospitals and ERs, specialty institutes, urgent care centers, primary care practices and outpatient facilities, our 27,000+ team members serve communities that span Florida’s east to west coasts and beyond.

ORLANDO HEALTH - BENEFITS & PERKS:

All Inclusive Benefits (start day one)

  • Student loan repayment, tuition reimbursement, FREE college education programs, retirement savings, paid paternity leave, fertility benefits, back up elder and childcare, pet insurance, PTO/Holidays, and more for full time and part time employees.

Forbes Recognizes Orlando Health as a Best-In-State Employer

  • Forbes has named Orlando Health as one of America's Best-In-State Employers for 2024. Orlando Health is the top healthcare organization in the Metro Orlando area to make the prestigious list. "We are proud to be named once again as a best place to work," said Karen Frenier, VP (HR). "This achievement reflects our positive culture and efforts to ensure that all team members feel respected, supported and valued.

Employee-centric

  • Orlando Health has been selected as one of the “Best Places to Work in Healthcare” by Modern Healthcare

Position Overview 

Multifacility responsibility for ensuring all aspects of coding is carried out accurately and efficiently through chart reviews, problem account resolution, and coding education according to established rules and regulatory guidelines across Orlando Health System.


Responsibilities

Essential Functions
• Performs focused review for accuracy of principal and secondary diagnoses, co-morbid conditions and complications, procedure code assignments, and other required abstracted elements according to provider documentation in the medical record for to ensure billing compliance, quality reporting, and optimal reimbursement for all hospitals across Orlando Health System.
• Maintains and achieves the highest standards of coding quality by assigning accurate ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS or CPT-4 codes utilizing an electronic encoder application in accordance with hospital policy and regulatory body guidelines.
• Subject matter experts on coding guidelines and responds promptly to internal and external requests to provide feedback on coding related issues
• Participates and provides expert feedback during coding section meetings and coding education in services as well as takes initiative to assist others and shares knowledge with the appropriate stakeholders.
• Develops and presents educational materials to key stake holders to support accurate and compliant coding.
• Interacts and communicates effectively with coders, physicians, physician extenders, physician offices and members of the coding and management team
• Collaborates with manager and other members of the Revenue Management Team to review all necessary patient records for accurate coding for best practice
• Identify trends from review findings and formulate recommendations for corrective action plans and submit to Leaders from for Key Performance Indicator (KPI) reporting, process improvement, and education.
• Submit trends to Leaders from internal and external reviews for Key Performance Indicator (KPI) reporting, process improvement, and education.
• Able to identify areas of focus for review through trend reporting analysis.
• Assists with Discharge Not Final Billed (DNFB) account reviews to ensure timely code completion and accurate billing for multi hospital accounts.
• Maintains and achieves department standards of abstracting quality by reviewing accurate discharge disposition, to achieve the highest quality of entered data.
• Acts as a team leader and support for regional manager.
• Assist with system testing, reporting, data trending, and troubleshooting coding applications.
• Serves as a preceptor to new coders
Responds promptly to internal and external requests to provide feedback on coding related issues.
• Complies with the Standards of Ethical Coding as set forth by the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA), American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC), and adheres to official guidelines.
• Attends departmental and interdepartmental meetings as required
• Utilizes resource material available in department to support coding practices
• Performs other duties as needed.
• Maintains reasonably regular, punctual attendance consistent with Orlando Health policies, the ADA, FMLA and other federal,
• state, and local standards
• Maintains compliance with all Orlando Health policies and procedure

Inpatient Liaison – Hospital inpatient
• Advanced level of knowledge of sequencing guidelines for the sequencing of diagnosis and procedure codes for
• appropriate classification systems with knowledge of ICD-10, ICD-10 PCS, MS-DRG and APR-DRG.
• Demonstrates strong understanding of mortality and other coding impacted quality initiatives, and key performance indicators.
• Collaborates with Clinical Document Excellence (CDE), Quality Management and other departments to determine appropriate DRG assignments for compliance and reimbursement purposes
• Assist in coding any Inpatient as needed

Outpatient Liaison – Hospital outpatient

• Advanced level of knowledge of experience with ICD-10 and CPT coding.
• Advanced level of knowledge of NCCI and external payer edit resolution.
• Assist in coding any outpatient cases as needed

Radiation Oncology Liaison – Hospital and Outpatient
• Advanced knowledge of experience with ICD-10 and CPT coding in the radiation oncology field is required.
• Advanced level knowledge of radiation oncology modalities and billing rules.
• Advanced skill level in radiation oncology modality procedure charge validation (CPT Code) based on actual chart documentation.
• Advanced skill level in reading treatment plans to identify the number of MUEs and devices.

Other Related Functions
• Develops and updates internal departmental processes
• Assumes the responsibility for professional growth and development through educational programs, research, etc.
• Maintains certification status
• Performs other related duties as assigned
• Maintains 95% or above accuracy rate
• Strong computer literacy including Microsoft Word and Excel experience


Qualifications

Education/Training
• Associate’s or bachelor’s degree in Health Information Management; OR
• Completion of coding certificate program
• Thorough knowledge of official coding guidelines as per AMA, AHA, and CMS.
• Computer literacy, knowledge of Anatomy, Physiology and Medical Terminology required
• Liaison coding skills test of 90% or better
• Advanced level knowledge of anatomy, physiology, pathophysiology, pharmacology, and medical terminology to accurately translate medical record documentation into the appropriate classification system for reporting Purposes

Licensure/Certification
One of the following national certifications:
• Certified Coding Specialist (CCS), Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA), Registered Health Information
Technician (RHIT) through AHIMA
• Certified Professional Coder (CPC) through the American Academy of Professional Coders
• Certified Outpatient Coder (COC)

Experience
• Inpatient and Outpatient Liaisons:
o Seven (7) years of relevant hospital inpatient and/or outpatient coding experience required.
o One (1) year of teaching hospital coding experience preferred.
• Radiation Oncology Liaison Only:
o Three (3) years of Radiation Oncology coding experience in lieu of teaching hospital experience required (Radiation Liaison Only)

Qualifications:

Education/Training
• Associate’s or bachelor’s degree in Health Information Management; OR
• Completion of coding certificate program
• Thorough knowledge of official coding guidelines as per AMA, AHA, and CMS.
• Computer literacy, knowledge of Anatomy, Physiology and Medical Terminology required
• Liaison coding skills test of 90% or better
• Advanced level knowledge of anatomy, physiology, pathophysiology, pharmacology, and medical terminology to accurately translate medical record documentation into the appropriate classification system for reporting Purposes

Licensure/Certification
One of the following national certifications:
• Certified Coding Specialist (CCS), Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA), Registered Health Information
Technician (RHIT) through AHIMA
• Certified Professional Coder (CPC) through the American Academy of Professional Coders
• Certified Outpatient Coder (COC)

Experience
• Inpatient and Outpatient Liaisons:
o Seven (7) years of relevant hospital inpatient and/or outpatient coding experience required.
o One (1) year of teaching hospital coding experience preferred.
• Radiation Oncology Liaison Only:
o Three (3) years of Radiation Oncology coding experience in lieu of teaching hospital experience required (Radiation Liaison Only)

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Orlando Health is a 3,200-bed system that includes 15 wholly-owned hospitals and emergency departments; rehabilitation services, cancer institutes, heart institutes, imaging and laboratory services, wound care centers, physician offices for adults and pediatrics, skilled nursing facilities, an in-patient behavioral health facility, home healthcare services in partnership with LHC Group, and urgent care centers in partnership with CareSpot Urgent Care. Nearly 4,200 physicians, representing more than 80 medical specialties and subspecialties have privileges across the Orlando Health system, which employs nearly 22,000 team members. Areas of clinical excellence are orthopedics, heart and vascular, cancer care, neurosciences, surgery, pediatric specialties, neonatology, women's health and trauma.

Industry

Health care and social assistance

Company size

10,000+ Employees

Headquarters location

Orlando, FL, US

Year founded

1918