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# AppointmentResponse

> A reply to an appointment request for a patient and/or practitioner(s), such as a confirmation or rejection.

## Properties

| Name              | Required | Type                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         | Description                                        |
| ----------------- | -------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------- |
| identifier        | No       | [Identifier](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/identifier)\[]                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     | External Ids for this item                         |
| appointment       | Yes      | Reference\<[Appointment](/medical-api/fhir/resources/appointment)>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | Appointment this response relates to               |
| start             | No       | instant                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      | Time from appointment, or requested new start time |
| end               | No       | instant                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      | Time from appointment, or requested new end time   |
| participantType   | No       | [CodeableConcept](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/codeableconcept)\[]                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | Role of participant in the appointment             |
| actor             | No       | Reference\<[Patient](/medical-api/fhir/resources/patient) / [Practitioner](/medical-api/fhir/resources/practitioner) / [PractitionerRole](/medical-api/fhir/resources/practitionerrole) / [RelatedPerson](/medical-api/fhir/resources/relatedperson) / [Device](/medical-api/fhir/resources/device) / [HealthcareService](/medical-api/fhir/resources/healthcareservice) / [Location](/medical-api/fhir/resources/location)> | Person, Location, HealthcareService, or Device     |
| participantStatus | Yes      | code                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         | accepted / declined / tentative / needs-action     |
| comment           | No       | string                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       | Additional comments                                |

## Search Parameters

| Name         | Type      | Description                                                                                 | Expression                            |
| ------------ | --------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------- |
| actor        | reference | The Person, Location/HealthcareService or Device that this appointment response replies for | AppointmentResponse.actor             |
| appointment  | reference | The appointment that the response is attached to                                            | AppointmentResponse.appointment       |
| identifier   | token     | An Identifier in this appointment response                                                  | AppointmentResponse.identifier        |
| location     | reference | This Response is for this Location                                                          | AppointmentResponse.actor             |
| part-status  | token     | The participants acceptance status for this appointment                                     | AppointmentResponse.participantStatus |
| patient      | reference | This Response is for this Patient                                                           | AppointmentResponse.actor             |
| practitioner | reference | This Response is for this Practitioner                                                      | AppointmentResponse.actor             |

## Inherited Properties

| Name              | Required | Type                                                   | Description                                            |
| ----------------- | -------- | ------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------ |
| id                | No       | string                                                 | Logical id of this artifact                            |
| meta              | No       | [Meta](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/meta)              | Metadata about the resource                            |
| implicitRules     | No       | uri                                                    | A set of rules under which this content was created    |
| language          | No       | code                                                   | Language of the resource content                       |
| text              | No       | [Narrative](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/narrative)    | Text summary of the resource, for human interpretation |
| contained         | No       | Resource\[]                                            | Contained, inline Resources                            |
| extension         | No       | [Extension](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/extension)\[] | Additional content defined by implementations          |
| modifierExtension | No       | [Extension](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/extension)\[] | Extensions that cannot be ignored                      |

To view the FHIR specification for this resource, see [AppointmentResponse](https://www.hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/AppointmentResponse).