In encounter-based CDI metrics, how are data typically aggregated?

• A. Across visits to produce aggregate metrics
• B. At patient-level only
• C. By individual provider
• D. By admission source only

Answer: (A)

In encounter-based CDI metrics, you measure and report results by combining data from many patient encounters rather than looking at a single patient or a single provider. This approach gives a broad, program-wide view of documentation quality and coding opportunities across the care continuum. By aggregating across visits, you can compute metrics like the overall encounter-level capture rate, trends over time, and comparisons across departments or sites. This perspective smooths out the variability you’d see if you looked at individual patients or isolated providers, and it reflects how well the CDI program performs across the entire array of encounters.