Hospital Coder / Inpatient - Full Time
Remote · USFull-time$22.5–36/hrSeen 1w agoSeen in employer's feed 3 days ago
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Sanford Health seeks a Hospital Coder to review inpatient clinical documentation, procedures, and diagnostic results and assign ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS codes. The role applies coding guidelines and regulations, maintains quality and productivity standards, and collaborates with providers and departments to improve coding, documentation, and quality reporting. Work is described as most often home-based, with a 40-hour full-time schedule.
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Sanford Health, the largest rural health system in the United States, is dedicated to transforming the health care experience and providing access to world-class health care in America’s heartland.
Facility: Remote TX (Central Time) Location: Remote, TX Address: Shift: Day Job Schedule: Full time Weekly Hours: 40.00 Salary Range: $22.50 - $36.00
Job Summary
Reviews inpatient clinical documentation, procedural information, and diagnostic results to apply ICD-10-CM and PCS diagnostic and procedural codes used for billing, internal and external data reporting, research, regulatory compliance, and quality monitoring. Using professional coding training, critical thinking, and clinical acumen, accurately assigns ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS codes to conditions and procedures documented within the inpatient electronic medical record. Applies Official Coding Guidelines, CMS regulations/guidelines, and other coding standards and guidelines established for use with the ICD-10 standard code set. Responsible to maintain quality and productivity standards and guidelines as set by the organization. Remains up-to-date on ICD-10-CM and PCS coding principles, governmental regulations, official coding guidelines and third-party payer requirements as they relate to compliant documentation, billing and coding practices. Strong knowledge of MS-DRGs and APR-DRGs. Works collaboratively with providers and departments such as clinical documentation improvement and quality to standardize and enhance coding, documentation, and quality reporting related practices. Works with a variety of software solutions in the performance of daily work. Flexible and a strong commitment to team where staff and leaders work together across great distances, most often in a home-based work setting.
Qualifications
Associate degree in Health Information Technology (or eligible) or Bachelors degree in Health Information Management and/or Certified Coding Specialist (CCS) required.
Previous hospital coding experience highly desirable. Prior computer and/or encoder software experience desirable.
Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA), Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT), or Certified Coding Specialist (CCS) required. New graduates eligible for certification must complete the certification examination at the earliest testing dates following employment, and all subsequent dates thereafter until the exam is satisfactorily completed.
If the individual fails the exam two consecutive times, there will be an evaluation by the Department Director who will determine one of the following:
(A) Continue employment if overall job performance is satisfactory. If the employee is allowed to continue employment, failure to pass the exam on the third opportunity will result in immediate termination.
(B) If performance is not satisfactory, the employee may be terminated.
Benefits
Sanford offers an attractive benefits package for qualifying full-time and part-time employees. Depending on eligibility, a variety of benefits include health insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, life insurance, a 401(k) retirement plan, work/life balance benefits, and a generous time off package to maintain a healthy home-work balance. For more information about Total Rewards, visit https://sanfordcareers.com/benefits .
Sanford is an EEO/AA Employer M/F/Disability/Vet. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation for help with your online application, please call 1-877-673-0854 or send an email to [email protected] .
Sanford has a Drug Free Workplace Policy. An accepted offer will require a drug screen and pre-employment background screening as a condition of employment.
Req Number: R-0279568 Job Function: Revenue Cycle Featured: No
How this job compares
Set against the 359 open Medical Coder jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 7, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$22.5–36/hr
- US median$24–36/hr141 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $29.25/hr, is 3% below the US median midpoint ($30/hr) — in the middle half of Medical Coder hourly ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 23 open Medical Coder jobs in Texas and 359 across the US. 48% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Texas
- Houston Methodist6 open
- CenterWell5 open
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- Experience
- Medical Coder postings that state a minimum ask for 3 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 2 to 3 years (288 postings).
- Education
- 2 of the 359 open Medical Coder jobs (under 1%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 7, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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