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# Retrieve Patient Letter Category

> Retrieve a single patient letter category



## OpenAPI

````yaml get /api/2.0/patient_letter_categories/{id}/
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  contact:
    name: Elation Health
    url: https://www.elationhealth.com/
  description: Elation Health API v2.0
  title: Elation Health API
  version: 2.0.0
servers:
  - description: Sandbox Server
    url: https://sandbox.elationemr.com
  - description: Production Server
    url: https://api.app.elationemr.com
security: []
paths:
  /api/2.0/patient_letter_categories/{id}/:
    get:
      tags:
        - Patient Letter Categories
      summary: Retrieve Patient Letter Category
      description: Retrieve a single patient letter category
      operationId: patient_letter_categories_retrieve
      parameters:
        - in: path
          name: id
          required: true
          schema:
            format: int64
            type: integer
      responses:
        '200':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/LetterCategory'
          description: ''
      security:
        - oauth2: []
components:
  schemas:
    LetterCategory:
      properties:
        id:
          format: int64
          type: integer
        key:
          maxLength: 25
          type: string
        role:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/RoleEnum'
        text:
          maxLength: 100
          type: string
      required:
        - id
        - key
        - text
      type: object
    RoleEnum:
      enum:
        - Primary Provider
        - Staff
      type: string
  securitySchemes:
    oauth2:
      flows:
        clientCredentials:
          scopes:
            act_as_user: >-
              Impersonate a provider via X-On-Behalf-Of (combinable with apiv2
              or system scopes)
            apiv2: Full access to the API
            system/{resource_name}.read: Read access to a specific resource
            system/{resource_name}.write: Write access to a specific resource
          tokenUrl: /api/2.0/oauth2/token/
      type: oauth2

````