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Create a medical encounter

Safety module

POST/medical-encountersmedicalEncounters.create

A medical encounter. Notes are Restricted, encrypted and never sent to a model. Creates a medical encounter. Requires `Idempotency-Key`; a replay returns the original response. The organization is derived from the credential or the parent row, never from the body.

  • Requires the capability safety.incident.write.
  • OAuth scopes: safety.
  • Send an Idempotency-Key header. A replay with the same key returns the original response.
  • Error statuses: 400, 401, 409, 422, 429. Errors are RFC 9457 problem details.

Request body: MedicalEncounterCreate

medicalEncounters.create: MedicalEncounterCreate
FieldTypeRequiredDescription
incident_idstring (uuid)YesIdentifier of the incident.
patient_descriptionstringYesWho was treated, without identifying medical detail.Constraints: length 1 to 300
treatment_notesstring | nullNoTreatment given. Restricted.Constraints: length 1 to 20000
dispositionstring | nullNoOutcome, such as released or transported.Constraints: length 1 to 300
{
  "incident_id": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f",
  "patient_description": "Guest, adult",
  "treatment_notes": "Abrasion to the left knee, cleaned and dressed.",
  "disposition": "Released"
}

Response 201: MedicalEncounter

medicalEncounters.create: MedicalEncounter
FieldTypeRequiredDescription
idstring (uuid)YesIdentifier of the medical encounter.
org_idstring (uuid)YesIdentifier of the owning organization, derived from the parent row and never accepted from the caller.
created_atstring (date-time)YesWhen the row was created.
created_bystring (uuid) | nullYesIdentifier of the person who created the row; null when a seed, platform or system process created it.
updated_atstring (date-time)YesWhen the row was last updated.
updated_bystring (uuid) | nullYesIdentifier of the person who last updated the row; null when a seed, platform or system process updated it.
incident_idstring (uuid)YesIdentifier of the incident.
patient_descriptionstringYesWho was treated, without identifying medical detail.Constraints: length 1 to 300
treatment_notesstring | nullYesTreatment given. Restricted.Constraints: length 1 to 20000
dispositionstring | nullYesOutcome, such as released or transported.Constraints: length 1 to 300
{
  "id": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f",
  "org_id": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f",
  "created_at": "2026-10-08T14:30:00Z",
  "created_by": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f",
  "updated_at": "2026-10-08T14:30:00Z",
  "updated_by": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f",
  "incident_id": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f",
  "patient_description": "Guest, adult",
  "treatment_notes": "Abrasion to the left knee, cleaned and dressed.",
  "disposition": "Released"
}

Code samples

curl -X POST "$XOS_BASE_URL/medical-encounters" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $XOS_API_KEY" \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: $(uuidgen)" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"incident_id":"0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f","patient_description":"Guest, adult","treatment_notes":"Abrasion to the left knee, cleaned and dressed.","disposition":"Released"}'
const { data } = await xos.medicalEncounters.create({
    "incident_id": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f",
    "patient_description": "Guest, adult",
    "treatment_notes": "Abrasion to the left knee, cleaned and dressed.",
    "disposition": "Released"
  });
response = xos.medical_encounters.create({"incident_id": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f", "patient_description": "Guest, adult", "treatment_notes": "Abrasion to the left knee, cleaned and dressed.", "disposition": "Released"})
xos medical-encounters create --data '{"incident_id":"0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f","patient_description":"Guest, adult","treatment_notes":"Abrasion to the left knee, cleaned and dressed.","disposition":"Released"}'