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# List patient visits

> List visits (encounters) for a patient. Supports pagination. Use visit_type to filter by therapy type (PT, OT, ST) if needed in your EMR workflow.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /api-spike-care/openapi.json get /patients/{patient_id}/visits
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: API
  version: 1.0.0
servers:
  - description: Spike Care API
    url: https://api.spikecare.com/public/v1
security: []
paths:
  /patients/{patient_id}/visits:
    get:
      tags:
        - patients
        - visits
      summary: List patient visits
      description: >-
        List visits (encounters) for a patient. Supports pagination. Use
        visit_type to filter by therapy type (PT, OT, ST) if needed in your EMR
        workflow.
      parameters:
        - description: >-
            0-based index of the first item to return (offset). Use with _limit
            for paging.
          explode: false
          in: query
          name: _start
          schema:
            default: 0
            description: >-
              0-based index of the first item to return (offset). Use with
              _limit for paging.
            format: int64
            minimum: 0
            type: integer
        - description: Maximum number of items to return per request (1–100).
          explode: false
          in: query
          name: _limit
          schema:
            default: 100
            description: Maximum number of items to return per request (1–100).
            format: int64
            maximum: 100
            minimum: 1
            type: integer
        - description: >-
            Name of the field to sort by (e.g. id, name, created_at). Omit for
            default sort.
          explode: false
          in: query
          name: _sort
          schema:
            description: >-
              Name of the field to sort by (e.g. id, name, created_at). Omit for
              default sort.
            type: string
        - description: 'Sort direction: asc or desc.'
          explode: false
          in: query
          name: _order
          schema:
            default: asc
            description: 'Sort direction: asc or desc.'
            enum:
              - asc
              - desc
            type: string
        - description: ID of the patient whose visits to list.
          in: path
          name: patient_id
          required: true
          schema:
            description: ID of the patient whose visits to list.
            format: int64
            minimum: 1
            type: integer
      responses:
        '200':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/PatientVisitsListResponseBody'
          description: OK
        '400':
          content:
            application/problem+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorModel'
          description: Bad Request
        '404':
          content:
            application/problem+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorModel'
          description: Not Found
        '422':
          content:
            application/problem+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorModel'
          description: Unprocessable Entity
        '500':
          content:
            application/problem+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorModel'
          description: Internal Server Error
components:
  schemas:
    PatientVisitsListResponseBody:
      additionalProperties: false
      properties:
        $schema:
          description: A URL to the JSON Schema for this object.
          examples:
            - >-
              https://api.spikecare.com/public/v1/schemas/PatientVisitsListResponseBody.json
          format: uri
          readOnly: true
          type: string
        visits:
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/PatientVisit'
          type:
            - array
            - 'null'
      required:
        - visits
      type: object
    ErrorModel:
      additionalProperties: false
      properties:
        $schema:
          description: A URL to the JSON Schema for this object.
          examples:
            - https://api.spikecare.com/public/v1/schemas/ErrorModel.json
          format: uri
          readOnly: true
          type: string
        detail:
          description: >-
            A human-readable explanation specific to this occurrence of the
            problem.
          examples:
            - Property foo is required but is missing.
          type: string
        errors:
          description: Optional list of individual error details
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorDetail'
          type:
            - array
            - 'null'
        instance:
          description: >-
            A URI reference that identifies the specific occurrence of the
            problem.
          examples:
            - https://example.com/error-log/abc123
          format: uri
          type: string
        status:
          description: HTTP status code
          examples:
            - 400
          format: int64
          type: integer
        title:
          description: >-
            A short, human-readable summary of the problem type. This value
            should not change between occurrences of the error.
          examples:
            - Bad Request
          type: string
        type:
          default: about:blank
          description: A URI reference to human-readable documentation for the error.
          examples:
            - https://example.com/errors/example
          format: uri
          type: string
      type: object
    PatientVisit:
      additionalProperties: false
      properties:
        $schema:
          description: A URL to the JSON Schema for this object.
          examples:
            - https://api.spikecare.com/public/v1/schemas/PatientVisit.json
          format: uri
          readOnly: true
          type: string
        created_at:
          description: When the visit record was created (ISO 8601).
          format: date-time
          type: string
        id:
          description: Unique visit identifier assigned by the API.
          format: int64
          minimum: 1
          type: integer
        is_initial_visit:
          description: Whether this is the patient's initial visit.
          type: boolean
        patient_id:
          description: ID of the patient this visit belongs to.
          format: int64
          minimum: 1
          type: integer
        visit_time:
          description: When the visit occurred (ISO 8601 date-time or date only).
          format: date-time
          type: string
        visit_type:
          description: >-
            Therapy type: PT (Physical Therapy), OT (Occupational Therapy), or
            ST (Speech Therapy).
          enum:
            - PT
            - OT
            - ST
          type: string
      required:
        - id
        - patient_id
        - visit_time
        - visit_type
        - is_initial_visit
        - created_at
      type: object
    ErrorDetail:
      additionalProperties: false
      properties:
        location:
          description: >-
            Where the error occurred, e.g. 'body.items[3].tags' or
            'path.thing-id'
          type: string
        message:
          description: Error message text
          type: string
        value:
          description: The value at the given location
      type: object

````