NextGen Healthcare · Schema

Encounter

HealthcareUnited StatesElectronic Health RecordsFHIRHL7InteroperabilitySMART on FHIRUSCDIBulk FHIRPatient Access21st Century Cures

Properties

Name	Type	Description
resourceType	string
id	string	The id of the resource.
meta	object	Metadata about the resource
identifier	array	Identifier(s) by which this encounter is known
status	string	describe the encounter status.
class	object	Classification of patient encounte
type	array
subject	object
participant	array	List of participants involved in the encounter
period	object
reasoncode	array
hospitalization	object
location	array

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JSON Schema

{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/nextgen-healthcare/main/json-schema/nextgen-healthcare-encounter-schema.json",
  "title": "Encounter",
  "x-generated": "2026-10-12",
  "x-method": "derived",
  "x-generator": "derive-json-schema.py",
  "x-source": "openapi/nextgen-healthcare-encounter-api-openapi.yml#/components/schemas/Encounter",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "resourceType": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 1
    },
    "id": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The id of the resource."
    },
    "meta": {
      "type": "object",
      "description": "Metadata about the resource",
      "properties": {
        "profile": {
          "type": "array",
          "description": "Profiles this resource claims to conform to",
          "items": {
            "type": "string"
          }
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "profile"
      ]
    },
    "identifier": {
      "type": "array",
      "description": "Identifier(s) by which this encounter is known",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "use": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "usual | official | temp | secondary | old"
          },
          "system": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "the namespace for the identifier value"
          },
          "value": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "The value that is unique"
          }
        },
        "required": [
          "use"
        ]
      }
    },
    "status": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "describe the encounter status."
    },
    "class": {
      "type": "object",
      "description": "Classification of patient encounte",
      "properties": {
        "system": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "Identity of the terminology system"
        },
        "code": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "Symbol in syntax defined by the system"
        },
        "display": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "Representation defined by the system"
        }
      }
    },
    "type": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "coding": {
            "type": "array",
            "description": "Specific type of encounter",
            "items": {
              "type": "object",
              "properties": {
                "system": {
                  "type": "string"
                },
                "code": {
                  "type": "string"
                },
                "display": {
                  "type": "string"
                }
              }
            }
          },
          "text": {
            "type": "string"
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "subject": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "reference": {
          "type": "string"
        }
      }
    },
    "participant": {
      "type": "array",
      "description": "List of participants involved in the encounter",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "type": {
            "type": "array",
            "items": {
              "type": "object",
              "properties": {
                "coding": {
                  "type": "array",
                  "items": {
                    "type": "object",
                    "properties": {
                      "system": {
                        "type": "string"
                      },
                      "code": {
                        "type": "string"
                      },
                      "display": {
                        "type": "string"
                      }
                    }
                  }
                },
                "text": {
                  "type": "string"
                }
              }
            }
          },
          "period": {
            "type": "object",
            "properties": {
              "start": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "end": {
                "type": "string"
              }
            }
          },
          "individual": {
            "type": "object",
            "properties": {
              "reference": {
                "type": "string"
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "period": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "start": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "end": {
          "type": "string"
        }
      }
    },
    "reasoncode": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "text": {
            "type": "string"
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "hospitalization": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "dischargeDisposition": {
          "type": "object",
          "properties": {
            "coding": {
              "type": "array",
              "items": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                  "system": {
                    "type": "string"
                  },
                  "code": {
                    "type": "string"
                  },
                  "display": {
                    "type": "string"
                  }
                }
              }
            },
            "text": {
              "type": "string"
            }
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "location": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "location": {
            "type": "object",
            "properties": {
              "reference": {
                "type": "string"
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "status",
    "class",
    "location",
    "subject",
    "resourceType",
    "id",
    "meta"
  ]
}

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