---
title: "{{baseUrl}}/persons/:personId/chart/encounters/:encounterId/lab/orders"
method: POST
path: "/persons/{personId}/chart/encounters/{encounterId}/lab/orders"
tags: ["Laboratory"]
---

# {{baseUrl}}/persons/:personId/chart/encounters/:encounterId/lab/orders

`POST /persons/{personId}/chart/encounters/{encounterId}/lab/orders`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://nativeapi.nextgen.com/nge/prod/nge-api/api`
- URL: `https://nativeapi.nextgen.com/nge/prod/nge-api/api/persons/{personId}/chart/encounters/{encounterId}/lab/orders`
- Auth: none declared. Required headers: `Accept`
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/nextgen/apis/enterprise-api-uscdi-routes/docs/persons/:personId/chart/encounters/:encounterId/lab/orders/post.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

Adds a new lab order for the given person id and encounter id.

## Path parameters

- `personId` string, required
- `encounterId` string, required

## Headers

- `Content-Type` 'application/json'
- `Accept` string, required

## Request body

- 7B7BbaseUrl7D7D1persons13ApersonId1chart1encounters13AencounterId1lab1ordersRequest (unresolved $ref)

## Response `200`

OK

- OK53
  - `id` string, required
  - `testDescription` string, required
  - `encounterId` string, required
  - `personId` string, required
  - `ufoNumber` string, required
  - `generatedBy` string, required
  - `orderType` string, required
  - `testLocation` string, required
  - `orderingProvider` string, required
  - `encounterTimestamp` string, required
  - `orderDate` string, required
  - `orderDateTimezone` string, required
  - `signOffDate` string, required
  - `signOffPerson` string, required
  - `testStatus` string, required
  - `nextgenStatus` string, required
  - `labId` string, required
  - `signoffCommentsIndicator` string, required
  - `documentsIndicator` string, required
  - `orderControl` string, required
  - `orderPriority` string, required
  - `timeEntered` string, required
  - `specimenActionCode` string, required
  - `billingType` string, required
  - `clinicalInformation` string, required
  - `cancelReason` string, required
  - `intrfMessage` string, required
  - `practiceId` string, required
  - `enterpriseId` string, required
  - `isDeleted` string, required
  - `providerDisplayName` string, required
  - `locationName` string, required
  - `addressLine1` string, required
  - `addressLine2` string, required
  - `city` string, required
  - `state` string, required
  - `zip` string, required
  - `phone` string, required
  - `fax` string, required
  - `firstName` string, required
  - `lastName` string, required
  - `middleInitial` string, required
  - `isFutureOrder` string, required
  - `startDate` string, required
  - `nextDueDate` string, required
  - `expectedResultDate` string, required
  - `generalComment` string, required
  - `orderComment` string, required
  - `patientComment` string, required
  - `isOrderedElseWhere` string, required
  - `isCompleted` string, required
  - `_links` Link[], required
    - `href` string, required
    - `method` string, required
    - `rel` string, required
    - `description` string, required
    - `vendorExtensions` string, required

## Other responses

- `400`: Bad Request
- `403`: Forbidden
- `404`: Not Found

---

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