CDEO Certification

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This is a question for those who have taken and passed the CDEO exam. Would you please share the sources/materials you used to study for this certification? I want to take advantage of the half price exam but the study guide/training course keeps getting pushed back and I don't want to take a 5+ hour test "cold turkey" so to speak. Thank you!
 
Are you still interested in learning about the study materials for this exam and how I prepared for it? If so, send me a message or reply to this post and I will be more than happy to discuss it with you. Best wishes in your studies.
 
CDEO prep

Hello there. I am interested in learning what you did to prepare for the CDEO. I am a CPC (took the exam last year), I took the CDEO online course and practice exams but I missed it by 10 points. I test again in a month and have been studying the CPMA study guide as I didn't feel the online CDEO course prepared me at all. The practice exams however are very reflective of the real exam, in my opinion.
 
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Hello I'd be interested in what you used to study for the exam. I know there is a course but can't really afford to fork over that kind of money. Still waiting for the non existing study guide. So any help would be appreciated.
Bonita Garcia
Bonita.garcia14@yahoo.com
 
It is a really tough exam. I did pass it the first time, but barely....I think they really need to get a study guide for this exam....I did the online course and printed off the materials that went with it and went back through the harder sections of the online course a second time.
 
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Hello I'd be interested in what you used to study for the exam. I know there is a course but can't really afford to fork over that kind of money. Still waiting for the non existing study guide. So any help would be appreciated.
Bonita Garcia
Bonita.garcia14@yahoo.com

AAPC are not planning on making a study guide available for the CDEO for some strange reason. Perhaps if enough people requested it they would consider it.

There's clearly a need, more so if the online course is not of a high enough quality. I really don't understand why they created a certification but can't provide sufficient resources to help people grasp the concepts and successfully pass the exam.

I'm going to take the exam some time this year because my company is purchasing the package for the course, online exams, and the test but I'm wondering if the course itself is worth the money.
 
Are you still interested in learning about the study materials for this exam and how I prepared for it? If so, send me a message or reply to this post and I will be more than happy to discuss it with you. Best wishes in your studies.

Hi Schuyler,

If you are still willing to share, I would appreciate more information about how you prepared for the CDEO, including the reference you used, if you found it helpful.

Thank you!

Terri Blevins
 
CDEO exam

It is a really tough exam. I did pass it the first time, but barely....I think they really need to get a study guide for this exam....I did the online course and printed off the materials that went with it and went back through the harder sections of the online course a second time.

Hi Carol...which sections did you consider to be the harder ones of the online course?
 
For me, I reviewed the topics that I was least familiar with. For example, I mainly code cardiology, so I didn't focus on it as much as I did others. Some chapters seemed brief and I didn't feel really covered all they should. For those I tried to particularly brush up on the guidelines in the ICD 10 for the particular section...I used a lot of high lights and wrote a bunch of notes in my books. Good luck.
 
CDEO exam/course

This course is very insufficient to prepare you for the exam. There was a lot of material on the exam that they didn’t cover. Also, there are a lot of errors, misspellings, and contradictions in the course. The first certification exam that I took had an erroneous question/answer on it. I’m extremely frustrated with AAPC over this.
 
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I agree the course didn't cover a lot that was on the exam. I also had an error on one of the questions on my exam. I wrote a comment about it in the comment section of the exam. I don't think AAPC should have offered this certification until they were prepared to provide the study materials that would cover the questions on the exam.

Carol Hodge, CPC, CDEO, CCC, CEMC
 
Hello, I'm wondering if anyone has any guidance to provide on studying for the CDEO. The study guide that I had received in 2018 was not helpful. Any advice would be appreciated!!! Thanks:)
 
Hello, I'm wondering if anyone has any guidance to provide on studying for the CDEO. The study guide that I had received in 2018 was not helpful. Any advice would be appreciated!!! Thanks:)
I have taken the exam three times already. I agree some advice is needed on this certification exam.
 
I have taken the exam three times already. I agree some advice is needed on this certification exam.
I have taken 3 times and it is very tough.. I'm considering retaking after 2021 changes are started.. Anyone know when the study guide for that will come out?
 
Are you still interested in learning about the study materials for this exam and how I prepared for it? If so, send me a message or reply to this post and I will be more than happy to discuss it with you. Best wishes in your studies.
Hi , This is Eswaran pandiyaraj from India, I am interesting to take CDEO exam, Can you guide me to prepare the Exam .
 
Are you still interested in learning about the study materials for this exam and how I prepared for it? If so, send me a message or reply to this post and I will be more than happy to discuss it with you. Best wishes in your studies.
i am interested to get this certification too. could you please send me some information and some study materials on how to pass this exam. my email is hi_junu@hotmail.com
thank you so much :)
 
I took the exam in March 2023. I felt the materials in the study course really didn't reflect what was on the exam. Also, I felt a lot of questions were based on analysis and judgment, which is difficult to study for. I also disliked the questions that had a choice of A, B, E or A, B, C or B, D, E, when B was correct but the other two weren't. Some had to do with the disease process and required you to know what medications were for what condition, which I felt was beyond the scope of the test. What was frustrating is that I missed passing by one point. I've put off taking it again because I feel it's hard to study for. Can you give me any tips?
 
I took the exam in March 2023. I felt the materials in the study course really didn't reflect what was on the exam. Also, I felt a lot of questions were based on analysis and judgment, which is difficult to study for. I also disliked the questions that had a choice of A, B, E or A, B, C or B, D, E, when B was correct but the other two weren't. Some had to do with the disease process and required you to know what medications were for what condition, which I felt was beyond the scope of the test. What was frustrating is that I missed passing by one point. I've put off taking it again because I feel it's hard to study for. Can you give me any tips?
Have you retaken the test?
 
I took the exam in March 2023. I felt the materials in the study course really didn't reflect what was on the exam. Also, I felt a lot of questions were based on analysis and judgment, which is difficult to study for. I also disliked the questions that had a choice of A, B, E or A, B, C or B, D, E, when B was correct but the other two weren't. Some had to do with the disease process and required you to know what medications were for what condition, which I felt was beyond the scope of the test. What was frustrating is that I missed passing by one point. I've put off taking it again because I feel it's hard to study for. Can you give me any tips?


Medications are in the scope of the CDEO exam - medications are specifically listed in the breakdown of information that will be on the exam.

If you scroll to the bottom of this link, you can review the question breakdown before you retake to ensure that you're prepared : https://www.aapc.com/certifications/cdeo/taking-the-cdeo-exam


Clinical conditions (20 questions)
For each of the clinical conditions listed below, the exam will test your understanding of clinical picture, criteria for diagnosis (lab work, radiology, etc.), common medications, common abbreviations, and common treatment profiles, as well as your understanding of documentation requirements necessary for code assignment based on ICD-10-CM guidelines.

Good luck on your next attempt!
 
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