meddra Validation API

openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: MedDRA Medical Dictionary for Regulatory Activities Hierarchy Validation 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: Validation
  description: Code validation for regulatory submissions
paths:
  /validate/code:
    post:
      operationId: validateCode
      summary: Validate a MedDRA code
      description: Validate one or more MedDRA codes to confirm they are current, valid, and exist at the specified hierarchy level. Used for submission validation.
      tags:
      - Validation
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/ValidationRequest'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Validation results
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ValidationResponse'
components:
  schemas:
    ValidationResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        results:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              code:
                type: integer
              level:
                type: string
              valid:
                type: boolean
              current:
                type: boolean
              termText:
                type: string
              error:
                type: string
    ValidationRequest:
      type: object
      required:
      - codes
      properties:
        codes:
          type: array
          minItems: 1
          maxItems: 100
          items:
            type: object
            required:
            - code
            - level
            properties:
              code:
                type: integer
              level:
                type: string
                enum:
                - SOC
                - HLGT
                - HLT
                - PT
                - LLT
        version:
          type: string
  securitySchemes:
    APIKey:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: X-API-Key
    BearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
externalDocs:
  description: MedDRA Documentation
  url: https://www.meddra.org/