Certified Medical Coder (ICD-10) — Multilingual Clinical Documentation & AI Evaluation

Job description

## About the Role

Mercor is hiring **certified medical coders** on behalf of a healthcare AI partner building advanced clinical documentation tools. In this role you will apply your coding and documentation expertise to **review, annotate, and evaluate clinical documentation and AI-generated clinical notes**, directly shaping the accuracy and reliability of medical AI systems.

This role is part of a **multilingual** annotation cohort. In addition to English, you should be able to speak, read, and write at least one other language at an advanced (C1 or above) level.

## Key Responsibilities

**Documentation & Coding Review**

- Review clinical documentation for accuracy, completeness, and coding integrity

- Evaluate AI-generated clinical notes and summaries against real-world documentation and coding standards

- Validate alignment between clinical documentation and assigned codes

**Annotation & Structured Feedback**

- Annotate clinical documentation against detailed guidelines

- Flag omissions, inaccuracies, and documentation gaps in AI-generated output

- Provide structured, written feedback that engineering and product teams can act on

**Knowledge Contribution**

- Contribute expert input on annotation guidelines and documentation standards

- Raise clarifying questions where guidance is ambiguous and help refine the guidelines

## Required Qualifications

- **Active certification** — at least one of **CCDS, CHC, CCS, or CPC**

- **ICD-10 coding experience**

- Currently working in medical coding, clinical documentation improvement, or a closely related documentation role

- **US-based**

- In addition to English, **advanced (C1+) proficiency — speaking, listening, and writing — in at least one other language**

- Availability of at least **10 hours per week**

## Preferred Qualifications

- Additional certifications (CRC, CDIP, or similar)

- Familiarity with **Epic**

- Experience with HCC or risk-adjustment coding

- Prior **AI/ML annotation or model evaluation** work experience, with strong performance reviews

## Work Arrangement

- Remote, part-time — minimum 10 hours/week

- Flexible scheduling