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Certified Documentation Expert Outpatient (CDEO®)

AAPC certification in outpatient clinical documentation improvement.

Licensing authority: AAPC

Initial by examination
CDEO® exam
Experience
AAPC recommends at least two years of coding experience and a coding certification before registering.

CDEO® exam

Provider
AAPC
Format
100 multiple-choice questions
Exam questions
Total questions: 100.
Time limit
four hours
Passing score
70%
Examination outline
  • Purpose of CDI (5%)
  • Provider communication and compliance (10%)
  • Clinical conditions (20%)
  • Diagnosis coding (10%)
  • Documentation requirements (10%)
  • Payment models (5%)
  • Procedure coding (10%)
  • Quality measures (10%)
  • Cases (20%)
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