meddra Hierarchy API

openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: MedDRA Medical Dictionary for Regulatory Activities Hierarchy API
  description: MedDRA (Medical Dictionary for Regulatory Activities) and the WHO Drug Dictionary provide standardized medical terminology APIs for adverse event coding, drug safety reporting, and pharmacovigilance. APIs enable term lookup, hierarchy navigation, and coding validation for regulatory submissions to ICH, FDA, EMA, and other health authorities.
  version: 27.0.0
  contact:
    name: MedDRA MSSO Support
    url: https://www.meddra.org/contact-msso
  license:
    name: MedDRA License Agreement
    url: https://www.meddra.org/license-subscription
servers:
- url: https://api.meddra.example.com/v1
  description: MedDRA API server (requires subscription)
security:
- APIKey: []
- BearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Hierarchy
  description: MedDRA hierarchy navigation (SOC → HLGT → HLT → PT → LLT)
paths:
  /hierarchy/{level}/{code}/children:
    get:
      operationId: getTermChildren
      summary: Get child terms in hierarchy
      description: Navigate down the MedDRA hierarchy. For a given term code and level, return all direct child terms at the next lower level.
      tags:
      - Hierarchy
      parameters:
      - name: level
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - SOC
          - HLGT
          - HLT
          - PT
        description: Level of the parent term
      - name: code
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: integer
        description: Code of the parent term
      - name: version
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: language
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
          default: en
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Child terms
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/TermListResponse'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
  /hierarchy/{level}/{code}/parents:
    get:
      operationId: getTermParents
      summary: Get parent terms in hierarchy
      description: Navigate up the MedDRA hierarchy. Returns all parent terms for a given term across all primary SOC pathways.
      tags:
      - Hierarchy
      parameters:
      - name: level
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - HLGT
          - HLT
          - PT
          - LLT
      - name: code
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: integer
      - name: version
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: language
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
          default: en
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Parent terms
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/TermListResponse'
  /soc:
    get:
      operationId: listSOC
      summary: List all System Organ Classes
      description: Retrieve all 27 System Organ Classes (SOCs) in the current MedDRA version. SOCs are the highest level of the MedDRA hierarchy.
      tags:
      - Hierarchy
      parameters:
      - name: version
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: language
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
          default: en
      responses:
        '200':
          description: All SOCs
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/TermListResponse'
components:
  schemas:
    ErrorResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        code:
          type: string
        message:
          type: string
    MedDRATerm:
      type: object
      description: A MedDRA terminology term
      properties:
        code:
          type: integer
          description: MedDRA numeric term code
        termText:
          type: string
          description: Term name in the requested language
        level:
          type: string
          enum:
          - SOC
          - HLGT
          - HLT
          - PT
          - LLT
        current:
          type: boolean
          description: Whether the term is current (not deprecated)
        primarySOCCode:
          type: integer
          description: Code of the primary System Organ Class
        primarySOCName:
          type: string
        version:
          type: string
    TermListResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        terms:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/MedDRATerm'
        count:
          type: integer
        version:
          type: string
  responses:
    NotFound:
      description: Term not found
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
  securitySchemes:
    APIKey:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: X-API-Key
    BearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
externalDocs:
  description: MedDRA Documentation
  url: https://www.meddra.org/