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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).


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