visits

Retrieve ExplanationOfBenefits (for paid claims), Encounters, and ServiceRequests (for authorizations) resources for a specific patient/member within a given time period.

The visit operation requires you to specify a patient id in the REST resource segment. For example:

/Patient/:patientID/$visits

Output is contained within a Parameters resource. Each visit has multiple parts which include a name, the resource itself, a visit-type (and optionally a visit-subtype), and a visit-grouping.

Input Parameters

Name	Cardinality	Type	Description
start	1..1	date	Starting date for query range in form `YYYY-MM-DD`.
end	1..1	date	Ending date for query range in form `YYYY-MM-DD`.
include-groups	0..1	boolean	Set `=true` to include `visit-grouping` in results.
include-practitioners	0..1	boolean	Set `=true` to include `Reference(Practitioner)` in results (Optional). See the Provider List Use Case Guide for where to find these in response.
include-locations	0..1	boolean	Set `=true` to include `Reference(Location)` in results.
include-conditions	0..1	boolean	Set `=true` to include `Reference(Condition)` in results (Optional) See the Problem List Use Case Guide for where to find these in response.

Output Parameters

Name	Cardinality	Type	Description
name	1..N (1 per visit)	string	Can be `encounter-visit`, `claim-visit`, or `service-request-visit`.
resource	1..N (1 per visit)	ExplanationOfBenefits (for paid claims), Encounters, and/or ServiceRequests.	Contains each resource.
visit-type	1..N (1 per visit)	string	Contains the healthcare setting (see the Visits Use Case Guide for a listing of available setting names).
visit-sub-type	0..N (1 per visit)	string	Contains the healthcare setting (see the Visits Use Case Guide for a listing of available setting names).
visit-grouping/[REFERENCE]	1..N (1 per visit)	Reference	List of references to one of the ExplanationOfBenefits (for paid claims), Encounters, and/or ServiceRequests included above.

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