---
title: "Create professional encounter from pre-encounter patient and appointment"
method: POST
path: "/api/encounters/v4/create-from-pre-encounter"
tags: ["v4"]
---

# Create professional encounter from pre-encounter patient and appointment

`POST /api/encounters/v4/create-from-pre-encounter`

Create an encounter from a pre-encounter patient and appointment. This endpoint is intended to be used by consumers who are managing
patients and appointments in the pre-encounter service and is currently under development. Consumers who are not taking advantage
of the pre-encounter service should use the standard create endpoint.

The endpoint will create an encounter from the provided fields, pulling information from the provided patient and appointment objects
where applicable. In particular, the following fields are populated from the patient and appointment objects:
  - Patient
  - Referring Provider
  - Subscriber Primary
  - Subscriber Secondary
  - Referral Number
  - Responsible Party
  - Guarantor

Utilizing this endpoint opts you into automatic updating of the encounter when the patient or appointment is updated, assuming the
encounter has not already been submitted or adjudicated.

## Headers

- `Authorization` string, required

## Request body

- V4EncounterCreateFromPreEncounter — unresolved $ref

## Response `200`

Response with status 200

- V4Encounter — unresolved $ref

## Other responses

- `403` — Error response with status 403
- `404` — Error response with status 404
- `422` — Error response with status 422

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