How do you calculate the acceptance rate of CDI queries?

• A. Number of queries issued divided by accepted.
• B. Proportion of queries reviewed by auditors.
• C. Number of queries accepted by physicians divided by total queries issued.
• D. Number of physicians accepted times queries.

Answer: (C)

Acceptance rate in CDI queries shows how often physicians accept the clarifying questions sent to them. It is calculated by dividing the number of queries accepted by physicians by the total number of queries issued. This proportion reflects physician engagement with the queries and potential impact on documentation and coding accuracy. For example, if 100 queries are issued and 75 are accepted by physicians, the rate is 75/100 = 0.75 or 75%. The other options mix up who is approving the query, invert the ratio, or describe an unrelated metric, so they don’t measure the accepted-to-issued ratio that defines acceptance rate.