Patients

Create patient (beta)

🚧 Beta

Send Nex-Api-Version: v3.1.0 to use this endpoint. It is still changing, and access is limited to approved partner institutions. Contact NexHealth before you build on it.

Changed from v3.0.0: Adds request fields patient.address, patient.address.city, patient.address.line_1, patient.address.line_2 (+10 more); removes request fields patient.bio, patient.bio.address_line_1, patient.bio.address_line_2, patient.bio.cell_phone_number (+16 more); and other schema changes.

This endpoint creates a new patient (201 Created), or returns the existing patient (200 OK) when one with a matching name and date of birth already exists. At least one non-blank phone number (cell_phone_number, home_phone_number, or work_phone_number) is required. Phone numbers are written to typed fields in the integrated system, but many systems report the main number back as an untyped primary number — see the cell_phone_number and preferred_phone_number response fields for how that is surfaced.

post/patients

Request

  • Base URL
    https://nexhealth.info
  • URL
    https://nexhealth.info/patients
  • Auth
    API key in header Authorization

Query parameters

subdomainstring required

Used to scope the request to the specified institution

location_idinteger required

Used to scope the request to the specified location

Headers

Nex-Api-Versionstring required

The NexHealth API version

Request body

Example request

{
  "provider": {
    "provider_id": 12
  }
}

Response

Successful

codeboolean

Indicates the success or failure of the request

descriptionstring

Additional context on the request to help with debugging.

errorstring[]

Any errors that occur during the execution of the request.

countinteger

Number of total objects, in case of collection.

Example response

{
  "description": "Description",
  "error": [
    "Error message"
  ],
  "data": {
    "id": 415,
    "email": "anthony.smith@nexhealth.com",
    "first_name": "John",
    "middle_name": "Anthony",
    "last_name": "Smith",
    "name": "John Smith",
    "created_at": "2020-06-05T20:16:57.007Z",
    "updated_at": "2020-06-05T20:16:57.007Z",
    "institution_id": 1,
    "foreign_id": "532e7f8c",
    "foreign_id_type": "--DataSource-",
    "cell_phone_number": "5163042196",
    "preferred_phone_number": "5163042196",
    "billing_type": "Standard Billing - finance charges",
    "chart_id": "017407",
    "preferred_language": "es",
    "gender": "Female",
    "non_patient": true,
    "date_of_birth": "1964-05-03",
    "address": {
      "line_1": "333 Bush Street",
      "line_2": "Apt 4B",
      "postal_code": "20814",
      "city": "New York",
      "region": "NY"
    },
    "hipaa": {
      "authorization": true,
      "authorization_date": "2023-03-22",
      "privacy": true,
      "privacy_date": "2023-03-22",
      "consent": true,
      "consent_date": "2023-03-22"
    },
    "children": [
      {
        "id": 415,
        "email": "anthony.smith@nexhealth.com",
        "first_name": "John",
        "middle_name": "Anthony",
        "last_name": "Smith",
        "name": "John Smith",
        "created_at": "2020-06-05T20:16:57.007Z",
        "updated_at": "2020-06-05T20:16:57.007Z",
        "institution_id": 1,
        "foreign_id": "532e7f8c",
        "foreign_id_type": "--DataSource-",
        "cell_phone_number": "5163042196",
        "preferred_phone_number": "5163042196",
        "billing_type": "Standard Billing - finance charges",
        "chart_id": "017407",
        "preferred_language": "es",
        "gender": "Female",
        "non_patient": true,
        "date_of_birth": "1964-05-03",
        "address": {
          "line_1": "333 Bush Street",
          "line_2": "Apt 4B",
          "postal_code": "20814",
          "city": "New York",
          "region": "NY"
        }
      }
    ],
    "guarantor": {
      "id": 415,
      "email": "anthony.smith@nexhealth.com",
      "first_name": "John",
      "middle_name": "Anthony",
      "last_name": "Smith",
      "name": "John Smith",
      "created_at": "2020-06-05T20:16:57.007Z",
      "updated_at": "2020-06-05T20:16:57.007Z",
      "institution_id": 1,
      "foreign_id": "532e7f8c",
      "foreign_id_type": "--DataSource-",
      "cell_phone_number": "5163042196",
      "preferred_phone_number": "5163042196",
      "billing_type": "Standard Billing - finance charges",
      "chart_id": "017407",
      "preferred_language": "es",
      "gender": "Female",
      "non_patient": true,
      "date_of_birth": "1964-05-03",
      "address": {
        "line_1": "333 Bush Street",
        "line_2": "Apt 4B",
        "postal_code": "20814",
        "city": "New York",
        "region": "NY"
      }
    },
    "provider": {
      "id": 415,
      "email": "anthony.smith@nexhealth.com",
      "first_name": "John",
      "middle_name": "Anthony",
      "last_name": "Smith",
      "name": "John Smith",
      "created_at": "2020-06-05T20:16:57.007Z",
      "updated_at": "2020-06-05T20:16:57.007Z",
      "institution_id": 1,
      "foreign_id": "532e7f8c",
      "foreign_id_type": "--DataSource-",
      "phone_number": "5163042196",
      "display_name": "John Smith",
      "npi": "1912507500",
      "tin": "078051120",
      "state_license": "R219935",
      "specialty_code": "363L00000X"
    },
    "last_visited_appointment": {
      "id": 1822,
      "provider_id": 102,
      "provider_name": "Dr. John Smith",
      "start_time": "2021-12-06T09:45:00.000Z",
      "end_time": "2021-12-06T10:00:00.000Z",
      "location_id": 1,
      "confirmed": true
    },
    "upcoming_appts": [
      {
        "id": 1822,
        "provider_id": 102,
        "provider_name": "Dr. John Smith",
        "start_time": "2021-12-06T09:45:00.000Z",
        "end_time": "2021-12-06T10:00:00.000Z",
        "location_id": 1,
        "confirmed": true
      }
    ],
    "procedures": [
      {
        "id": 11,
        "foreign_id": "1234-5678",
        "location_id": 21,
        "patient_id": 162,
        "provider_id": 84,
        "appointment_id": 283,
        "code": "D6100",
        "name": "Implant Removal",
        "status": "completed",
        "updated_at": "2020-06-05T20:16:57.007Z",
        "body_site": {
          "tooth": [
            "3",
            "14"
          ],
          "surface": "MOD"
        },
        "fee": {
          "amount": "62.00",
          "currency": "USD"
        },
        "start_date": "2022-06-24",
        "end_date": "2022-06-24",
        "treatment_plan_ids": [
          42,
          57
        ]
      }
    ],
    "insurance_coverages": [
      {
        "id": 18,
        "subscription_relation": "self",
        "patient_id": 25,
        "priority": 2,
        "plan_id": 18,
        "subscriber_num": "123456789",
        "effective_date": "2022-01-01",
        "expiration_date": "2022-12-31",
        "plan": {
          "id": 18,
          "payer_id": "87726",
          "name": "United Healthcare",
          "address": "123 Law St",
          "address2": "85335, North East",
          "city": "New York",
          "state": "NY",
          "zip_code": "54700",
          "country_code": "US",
          "group_num": "12345",
          "employer_name": "Walmart",
          "foreign_id": "1",
          "updated_at": "2020-06-05T20:16:57.007Z",
          "deleted_at": "2024-09-15T11:21:26.003Z"
        },
        "subscriber": {
          "id": 415,
          "name": "John Smith",
          "date_of_birth": "1990-06-05"
        }
      }
    ],
    "adjustments": [
      {
        "id": 113,
        "foreign_id": "1234-5678",
        "location_id": 10,
        "patient_id": 3,
        "guarantor_id": 5,
        "provider_id": 15,
        "updated_at": "2024-09-05T20:31:17.007Z",
        "description": "This is a description",
        "deleted_at": "2024-09-15T11:21:26.003Z",
        "adjustment_amount": {
          "amount": "62.00",
          "currency": "USD"
        },
        "adjusted_at": "2024-10-01",
        "transaction_id": "NHP:JXZEQ1234",
        "charge_id": 1111,
        "claim_id": 2222,
        "adjustment_type_id": 5
      }
    ],
    "charges": [
      {
        "id": 113,
        "foreign_id": "1234-5678",
        "location_id": 10,
        "patient_id": 3,
        "guarantor_id": 5,
        "provider_id": 15,
        "procedure_id": 34,
        "procedure_code": "D0120",
        "updated_at": "2024-09-05T20:31:17.007Z",
        "description": "This is a description",
        "fee": {
          "amount": "62.00",
          "currency": "USD"
        },
        "charged_at": "2024-10-05",
        "deleted_at": "2022-01-01T00:00:00Z"
      }
    ],
    "payments": [
      {
        "id": 113,
        "foreign_id": "1234-5678",
        "location_id": 10,
        "patient_id": 3,
        "guarantor_id": 5,
        "provider_id": 15,
        "updated_at": "2024-09-05T20:31:17.007Z",
        "description": "This is a description",
        "deleted_at": "2024-09-15T11:21:26.003Z",
        "payment_amount": {
          "amount": "62.00",
          "currency": "USD"
        },
        "paid_at": "2024-10-01",
        "transaction_id": "NHP:JXZEQ1234",
        "charge_id": 1111,
        "claim_id": 2222,
        "payment_plan_id": 3,
        "insurance_plan_id": 4,
        "payment_type_id": 5
      }
    ],
    "patient_alerts": [
      {
        "id": 10,
        "patient_id": 101,
        "note": "Patient is late on payment",
        "disabled_at": "2024-02-05T20:16:57.007Z",
        "created_at": "2023-11-11T10:11:01.007Z",
        "updated_at": "2024-01-14T14:11:01.007Z"
      }
    ],
    "appointments": [
      {
        "id": 1822,
        "provider_id": 102,
        "provider_name": "Dr. John Smith",
        "start_time": "2021-12-06T09:45:00.000Z",
        "end_time": "2021-12-06T10:00:00.000Z",
        "location_id": 1,
        "confirmed": true
      }
    ],
    "location_ids": [
      101,
      102,
      103
    ]
  },
  "count": 2
}

Changes

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