---
title: "Retrieve Contact"
method: GET
path: "/api/2.0/contacts/{id}/"
tags: ["Contacts"]
---

# Retrieve Contact

`GET /api/2.0/contacts/{id}/`

## Path parameters

- `id` integer, required

## Response `200`

- Contact
  - `accepting_insurance` boolean, nullable — Whether the contact indicates they accept insurance.
  - `accepting_new_patients` boolean, nullable — Whether the contact indicates they are accepting new patients.
  - `address` string — The specific address line registered for this contact.
  - `back_office_phone` string
  - `cell_phone` string — The mobile phone registered to the contact.
  - `city` string — The city of the contact.
  - `contact_type` string, required — The type of contact. {physician, medical_group}
  - `created_date` string, date-time, nullable — The timestamp when the contact was created.
  - `credentials` string, required — The credentials for the provider, e.g. MD or DO. Ignored if contact is a medical_group.
  - `deleted_date` string, date-time, nullable — The timestamp when the contact was deleted.
  - `direct_address` string
  - `email` string
  - `fax` string
  - `first_name` string, required — The first name of the contact. Ignored if contact is a medical_group.
  - `id` integer
  - `is_elation_confirmed` boolean, nullable — Whether the contact has been verified by someone on the elation team to be available for search within the application. Will always be false for any contact created within a practice.
  - `is_verified` boolean, nullable — Whether the contact has been verified to be a available for search within the application. Will always be true for any contact created by a practice.
  - `last_name` string, required — The last name of the contact. Ignored if contact is a medical_group.
  - `middle_name` string, required — The middle name of the contact. Ignored if contact is a medical_group.
  - `npi` string
  - `org_name` string, nullable
  - `other_specialties` MedicalSpecialty[] — The list of specialties after the primary specialty related to this contact.
    - `abbreviation` string, required
    - `category` MedicalSpecialtyCategory
      - `abbreviation` string, nullable
      - `created_date` string, date-time, nullable
      - `id` integer
      - `name` string, required
    - `created_date` string, date-time, nullable
    - `id` integer
    - `name` string, required
    - `practice_created` integer, nullable
  - `phone` string
  - `practice` integer, required — The id of the practice that the contact belongs to.
  - `specialty` MedicalSpecialty
    - `abbreviation` string, required
    - `category` MedicalSpecialtyCategory
      - `abbreviation` string, nullable
      - `created_date` string, date-time, nullable
      - `id` integer
      - `name` string, required
    - `created_date` string, date-time, nullable
    - `id` integer
    - `name` string, required
    - `practice_created` integer, nullable
  - `specialty_categories` unknown[]
    - unknown
  - `state` string — The state of the contact.
  - `suite` string
  - `user` integer — The user id of the contact.
  - `zip` string

---

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