> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://help.elationhealth.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Retrieve Visit Note ## OpenAPI ````yaml get /api/2.0/visit_notes/{id}/ openapi: 3.1.0 info: contact: name: Elation Health url: https://www.elationhealth.com/ description: Elation Health API v2.0 title: Patient Document 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/visit_notes/{id}/: get: tags: - Visit Notes summary: Retrieve Visit Note operationId: visit_notes_retrieve parameters: - in: path name: id required: true schema: format: int64 type: integer responses: '200': content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/VisitNote' description: '' security: - oauth2: [] components: schemas: VisitNote: properties: amendment_request: allOf: - $ref: '#/components/schemas/AmendmentRequest' readOnly: true bullets: description: The bullets of the visit note. items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/BulletWithMeta' type: array chart_date: description: Visit note chart date. format: date-time type: string checklists: additionalProperties: items: properties: name: description: Name of the checklist field type: string sequence: description: Order of the field in the checklist type: integer value: description: Value of the checklist field type: string required: - name - value - sequence type: object type: array description: >- Dictionary of checklists by type (e.g. 'pe', 'ros'), where each checklist contains a list of fields with name, value and sequence type: object clinical_summary_link: format: uri readOnly: true type: string confidential: default: false description: >- Whether this note is confidential to the practice and shouldn't be shared automatically with third parties. type: boolean created_date: format: date-time readOnly: true type: - string - 'null' deleted_date: format: date-time readOnly: true type: - string - 'null' document_date: description: Visit note document date. format: date-time type: string edits: items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/VisitNoteEdit' type: array id: readOnly: true type: integer last_modified: format: date-time type: string patient: format: int64 type: integer physician: format: int64 type: integer practice: format: int64 readOnly: true type: integer signatures: allOf: - $ref: '#/components/schemas/VisitNoteSignatureList' description: >- The list of signatures if co-signing is enabled for the practice. (Requires Special Permission). signed_by: description: >- The user id of the provider who signed the visit note. (Requires special permission). format: int64 type: - integer - 'null' signed_date: description: >- The time at which the visit note was signed. Cannot be in the future. (Requires Special Permission). format: date-time type: - string - 'null' template: $ref: '#/components/schemas/TemplateEnum' type: default: Office Visit Note description: Visit note type. type: string visit_summary_link: format: uri readOnly: true type: string required: - bullets - chart_date - document_date - patient - physician - template type: object AmendmentRequest: properties: amendment_source: $ref: '#/components/schemas/AmendmentSourceEnum' request_date: format: date-time type: - string - 'null' request_description: type: string status: $ref: '#/components/schemas/AmendmentRequestStatusEnum' status_updated_date: format: date-time type: - string - 'null' required: - amendment_source - request_description - status type: object BulletWithMeta: properties: author: description: The author of the bullet. type: integer category: allOf: - $ref: '#/components/schemas/CategoryEnum' description: The category of the bullet. deleted_date: format: date-time readOnly: true type: - string - 'null' edit: format: int64 type: - integer - 'null' note_document: description: A document referenced by the bullet. oneOf: - $ref: '#/components/schemas/VisitNoteDocument' - type: 'null' replaced_by: format: int64 type: - integer - 'null' replaced_by_edit: format: int64 type: - integer - 'null' sequence: description: The sequence number of the bullet. minimum: 0 type: integer text: description: The text of the bullet. type: string updated_date: format: date-time type: - string - 'null' version: maximum: 65535 minimum: 0 type: integer required: - category - text type: object VisitNoteEdit: properties: create_user: type: integer created_date: format: date-time readOnly: true type: - string - 'null' new_bmi: format: double type: number new_note_time: format: date-time type: string new_note_type: type: string new_prev_bmi: format: double type: number new_prev_time: format: date-time type: string new_prev_weight: maxLength: 10 type: string previous_bmi: format: double type: number previous_note_time: format: date-time type: string previous_note_type: type: string previous_prev_bmi: format: double type: number previous_prev_time: format: date-time type: string previous_prev_weight: maxLength: 10 type: string visit_note: format: int64 type: integer required: - visit_note type: object VisitNoteSignatureList: items: properties: comments: description: Any comments the signer made about the signature. type: string role: description: The function of the signer. type: string signed_date: description: Date-time timestamp for when this signature occurred. format: date-time type: string user: description: ID of the user whose signature this represents. type: string user_name: description: >- The full name and title of the user whose signature this represents. type: string required: - comments - role - signed_date - user - user_name type: object type: array TemplateEnum: enum: - Complete H&P (1 col) - Complete H&P (2 col A/P) - Complete H&P (2 col) - Pre-Op - SOAP - Simple type: string AmendmentSourceEnum: enum: - Patient - Provider or Organization type: string AmendmentRequestStatusEnum: enum: - accepted - denied type: string CategoryEnum: enum: - Allergies - Assessment - Assessplan - Attending - Consultant - Data - Dateprocedure - ElationNoteColOne - ElationNoteColTwo - ElationNoteCustomBlock - ElationNoteOtherData - Family - Followup - Habits - Hpi - Instr - Med - Narrative - Objective - Orders - PE - Past - Plan - Problem - Procedure - ROS - Reason - Referenced - Social - Surgical - Test - Tx type: string VisitNoteDocument: properties: document: allOf: - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Document' description: The id of the document, e.g. the id of the report or order. id: readOnly: true type: integer summary: description: >- A textual summary of the document. Will show up in the visit note editor view, while the bullet text will be used in views outside the editor. type: - string - 'null' required: - document type: object Document: properties: authoring_practice: format: int64 type: integer chart_date: description: The creation date of the patient chart. format: date-time type: string created_date: description: The creation date of the document. format: date-time readOnly: true type: - string - 'null' deleted_date: description: The deleted date of the document. format: date-time readOnly: true type: - string - 'null' document_date: description: >- The date of the document. In most cases it's the same as the creation date. For some documents, like visit notes, it's the date of the visit note. format: date-time type: string document_type: readOnly: true type: - integer - 'null' id: format: int64 type: integer last_modified: format: date-time type: string patient: format: int64 type: integer sign_date: description: The date of when the document was signed (if signed). format: date-time readOnly: true type: - string - 'null' signed_by: description: The id of whoever signed the document (if signed). readOnly: true type: integer required: - authoring_practice - chart_date - document_date - id - patient type: object 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 ````