meddra Validation API
Code validation for regulatory submissions
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OpenAPI Specification
openapi: 3.2.0
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/