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updatedAt: 2026-08-07T16:25:02.000Z
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# Retrieve Appointment

# OpenAPI definition

```json
{
  "components": {
    "schemas": {
      "Appointment": {
        "properties": {
          "appointment_type_id": {
            "description": "The ID of an existing appointment type to assign to the appointment. Provide this instead of 'reason' to reference a specific appointment type rather than matching or creating one by name. If both 'reason' and 'appointment_type_id' are supplied, 'reason' takes precedence.",
            "format": "int64",
            "type": [
              "integer",
              "null"
            ]
          },
          "billing_details": {
            "description": "The billing details for the appointment.",
            "oneOf": [
              {
                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/AppointmentBillingDetails"
              },
              {
                "type": "null"
              }
            ]
          },
          "created_date": {
            "format": "date-time",
            "readOnly": true,
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ]
          },
          "deleted_date": {
            "format": "date-time",
            "readOnly": true,
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ]
          },
          "description": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ]
          },
          "duration": {
            "description": "The duration of the appointment in minutes. If duration is not provided, the default duration will be used given a reason.",
            "maximum": 2147483647,
            "minimum": -2147483648,
            "type": "integer"
          },
          "id": {
            "readOnly": true,
            "type": "integer"
          },
          "instructions": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ]
          },
          "is_blocking": {
            "readOnly": true,
            "type": "boolean"
          },
          "last_modified_date": {
            "format": "date-time",
            "readOnly": true,
            "type": "string"
          },
          "metadata": {
            "properties": {
              "data": {
                "type": "object"
              },
              "object_id": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "object_web_link": {
                "type": "string"
              }
            },
            "type": [
              "object",
              "null"
            ]
          },
          "mode": {
            "$ref": "#/components/schemas/ModeEnum"
          },
          "patient": {
            "format": "int64",
            "type": [
              "integer",
              "null"
            ]
          },
          "payment": {
            "oneOf": [
              {
                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Payment"
              },
              {
                "type": "null"
              }
            ]
          },
          "physician": {
            "format": "int64",
            "type": "integer"
          },
          "practice": {
            "format": "int64",
            "type": "integer"
          },
          "reason": {
            "maxLength": 50,
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ]
          },
          "recurring_event_schedule": {
            "format": "int64",
            "type": [
              "integer",
              "null"
            ]
          },
          "scheduled_date": {
            "format": "date-time",
            "type": "string"
          },
          "service_location": {
            "description": "The ID of the service location where the appointment will occur.",
            "properties": {
              "address_line1": {
                "nullable": true,
                "type": "string"
              },
              "address_line2": {
                "nullable": true,
                "type": "string"
              },
              "city": {
                "nullable": true,
                "type": "string"
              },
              "created_date": {
                "format": "date-time",
                "nullable": true,
                "type": "string"
              },
              "deleted_date": {
                "format": "date-time",
                "nullable": true,
                "type": "string"
              },
              "id": {
                "format": "int64",
                "type": "integer"
              },
              "is_primary": {
                "type": "boolean"
              },
              "name": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "phone": {
                "nullable": true,
                "type": "string"
              },
              "place_of_service": {
                "enum": [
                  1,
                  2,
                  3,
                  4,
                  5,
                  6,
                  7,
                  8,
                  9,
                  10,
                  11,
                  12,
                  13,
                  14,
                  15,
                  16,
                  17,
                  18,
                  19,
                  20,
                  21,
                  22,
                  23,
                  24,
                  25,
                  26,
                  27,
                  31,
                  32,
                  33,
                  34,
                  41,
                  42,
                  49,
                  50,
                  51,
                  52,
                  53,
                  54,
                  55,
                  56,
                  57,
                  60,
                  61,
                  62,
                  65,
                  66,
                  71,
                  72,
                  81,
                  99
                ],
                "nullable": true,
                "type": "integer"
              },
              "state": {
                "nullable": true,
                "type": "string"
              },
              "zip": {
                "nullable": true,
                "type": "string"
              }
            },
            "type": [
              "object",
              "integer",
              "null"
            ]
          },
          "status": {
            "oneOf": [
              {
                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/AppointmentStatus"
              },
              {
                "type": "null"
              }
            ]
          },
          "telehealth_details": {
            "deprecated": true,
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ]
          },
          "time_slot_status": {
            "oneOf": [
              {
                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/TimeSlotStatusEnum"
              },
              {
                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/NullEnum"
              }
            ]
          },
          "time_slot_type": {
            "$ref": "#/components/schemas/TimeSlotTypeEnum"
          },
          "transportation_details": {
            "description": "The transportation details for the appointment.",
            "oneOf": [
              {
                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/TransportationDetails"
              },
              {
                "type": "null"
              }
            ]
          }
        },
        "required": [
          "patient",
          "physician",
          "practice",
          "scheduled_date"
        ],
        "type": "object"
      },
      "AppointmentBillingDetails": {
        "properties": {
          "billing_note": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ]
          },
          "prior_authorization": {
            "maxLength": 50,
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ]
          },
          "referring_provider": {
            "maxLength": 100,
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ]
          },
          "referring_provider_state": {
            "maxLength": 2,
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ]
          }
        },
        "type": "object"
      },
      "AppointmentStatus": {
        "properties": {
          "room": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ]
          },
          "status": {
            "$ref": "#/components/schemas/AppointmentStatusStatusEnum"
          },
          "status_date": {
            "format": "date-time",
            "readOnly": true,
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ]
          },
          "status_detail": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ]
          }
        },
        "required": [
          "status"
        ],
        "type": "object"
      },
      "AppointmentStatusStatusEnum": {
        "enum": [
          "Billed",
          "Cancelled",
          "Checked In",
          "Checked Out",
          "Confirmed",
          "In Room",
          "In Room - Vitals Taken",
          "Not Seen",
          "Scheduled",
          "With Doctor"
        ],
        "type": "string"
      },
      "ModeEnum": {
        "enum": [
          "IN_PERSON",
          "VIDEO"
        ],
        "type": "string"
      },
      "NullEnum": {
        "type": "null"
      },
      "Payment": {
        "properties": {
          "amount": {
            "format": "decimal",
            "pattern": "^-?\\d{0,10}(?:\\.\\d{0,2})?$",
            "type": "string"
          },
          "appointment": {
            "format": "int64",
            "type": [
              "integer",
              "null"
            ]
          },
          "bill": {
            "format": "int64",
            "type": [
              "integer",
              "null"
            ]
          },
          "create_date": {
            "format": "date-time",
            "readOnly": true,
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ]
          },
          "delete_date": {
            "format": "date-time",
            "readOnly": true,
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ]
          },
          "id": {
            "readOnly": true,
            "type": "integer"
          },
          "when_collected": {
            "format": "date-time",
            "type": "string"
          }
        },
        "required": [
          "amount",
          "when_collected"
        ],
        "type": "object"
      },
      "TimeSlotStatusEnum": {
        "enum": [
          "not_avail_for_self_schedule"
        ],
        "type": "string"
      },
      "TimeSlotTypeEnum": {
        "enum": [
          "appointment",
          "appointment_slot",
          "event"
        ],
        "type": "string"
      },
      "TransportationDetails": {
        "description": "Typed API shape for the ``transportation`` attribute, backed by the generic\n``AppointmentAttribute`` store. Fields mirror ``TransportationAttr``; that Pydantic\nschema is the authoritative validator on write (length/format constraints live there,\nnot here, to avoid drift).",
        "properties": {
          "is_required": {
            "type": "boolean"
          },
          "notes": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ]
          }
        },
        "type": "object"
      }
    },
    "securitySchemes": {
      "oauth2": {
        "flows": {
          "clientCredentials": {
            "scopes": {
              "act_as_user": "Impersonate a provider via X-On-Behalf-Of (combinable with apiv2 or system scopes)",
              "apiv2": "Full access to the API",
              "system/{resource_name}.read": "Read access to a specific resource",
              "system/{resource_name}.write": "Write access to a specific resource"
            },
            "tokenUrl": "/api/2.0/oauth2/token/"
          }
        },
        "type": "oauth2"
      }
    }
  },
  "info": {
    "contact": {
      "name": "Elation Health",
      "url": "https://www.elationhealth.com/"
    },
    "description": "Elation Health API v2.0",
    "title": "Scheduling API",
    "version": "2.0.0"
  },
  "openapi": "3.1.0",
  "paths": {
    "/api/2.0/appointments/{id}/": {
      "get": {
        "operationId": "appointments_retrieve",
        "parameters": [
          {
            "in": "path",
            "name": "id",
            "required": true,
            "schema": {
              "format": "int64",
              "type": "integer"
            }
          }
        ],
        "responses": {
          "200": {
            "content": {
              "application/json": {
                "schema": {
                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Appointment"
                }
              }
            },
            "description": ""
          }
        },
        "security": [
          {
            "oauth2": []
          }
        ],
        "summary": "Retrieve Appointment",
        "tags": [
          "Appointments"
        ],
        "x-el8-docs-category": "Scheduling API",
        "x-el8-docs-versions": [
          "2.1",
          "2.0"
        ]
      }
    }
  },
  "servers": [
    {
      "description": "Sandbox Server",
      "url": "https://sandbox.elationemr.com"
    },
    {
      "description": "Production Server",
      "url": "https://api.app.elationemr.com"
    }
  ],
  "x-readme": {
    "proxy-enabled": true
  }
}
```