Medical Coder Expert

About the role

<p>Certified medical coders to build the coding and documentation scenarios frontier AI labs use to test model judgment.</p>

<p>AfterQuery builds the expert evaluation data that frontier AI labs use to measure and improve their models. We're hiring certified medical coders as contractors to author and grade the coding and documentation scenarios those evaluations run on.</p>

<p><strong>What you'll actually do</strong></p>

<ul><li>Author realistic coding scenarios from chart documentation through final code set</li><li>Write reference answers with the guideline citations behind each code choice</li><li>Grade model output for coding accuracy and compliance risk</li><li>Flag code sets that look clean but would fail an audit</li></ul>

<p><strong>Who this is for</strong></p>

<ul><li>CPC (AAPC) or CCS (AHIMA) certification in good standing</li><li>2+ years of production coding experience</li><li>Depth in ICD-10-CM, CPT, and HCPCS with real chart experience</li><li>You can explain code selection clearly enough for another coder to follow it</li></ul>

<p><strong>Contract and pay</strong></p>

<ul><li><strong>$65 to $95/hr</strong>, paid weekly via Stripe. Your rate is set from your experience, not negotiated down after you start.</li><li>Remote and fully async. No fixed hours.</li><li>Minimum 10 hours per week, no maximum. Scale up or down week to week.</li><li>No screen recording, no keystroke monitoring, no idle timers.</li><li>Independent contractor. Ongoing project work rather than single task batches.</li></ul>

Why apply

• $65 to $95/hr, paid hourly via Stripe
• 100% remote and fully async with no production quotas
• Shape how frontier models reason about clinical documentation and coding
• Ongoing project work with hours you set each week

Responsibilities

• Author realistic coding scenarios from chart documentation through final code set
• Write reference answers with the guideline citations behind each code choice
• Grade model output for coding accuracy and compliance risk
• Flag code sets that look clean but would fail an audit

Required qualifications

• CPC (AAPC) or CCS (AHIMA) certification in good standing
• 2+ years of production coding experience
• Depth in ICD-10-CM, CPT, and HCPCS with real chart experience
• Clear written English for explaining code selection and guideline logic
• Able to commit at least 10 hours per week

Preferred qualifications

• Inpatient coding, risk adjustment, or E/M auditing experience
• Additional credentials such as CIC, CRC, or CPMA
• Experience training or auditing other coders