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title: Patient Contact Party Input
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description: The input representation of the patient contact party.
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# Patient Contact Party Input

The input representation of the patient contact party.

## JSON example

{
   "PatientContactParty": \[ {
      "relationship": {
        "coding": \[
          {
            "display": "relative"
          }
        \]
      },
      "name": {
        "use": "official",
        "text": "Shawna Green",
        "family": "Green",
        "given": "Shawna",
        "prefix": "Mrs.",
        "suffix": "Sr."
      },
      "telecom": \[
        {
          "system": "email",
          "value": "c@d3.com"
        },
        {
          "system": "phone",
          "value": "12345678",
          "use": "temp",
          "rank": 1
        }
      \],
      "address": {
        "use": "temp",
        "type": "postal",
        "line": "Green Household"
      },
      "organization": {
        "referenceResource": "Green Family Business",
        "referenceId": "XYZId"
      },
      "gender": "female",
      "periodStart": "1998-05-26T15:40:30.000Z",
      "periodEnd": "2021-08-09T15:40:30.000Z",
    } \]
}

## Properties

| Name | Type | Description | Required or Optional | Available Version |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| additional​Information | [Custom Field Value Input](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.life_sciences_dev_guide.meta/life_sciences_dev_guide/connect_requests_custom_field_value.htm "Adds additional information to any fields not mapped by the medication statement API.")\[\] | Adds additional information to any fields not mapped in this API. | Optional | 53.0 |
| address | [FHIR Address Input](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.life_sciences_dev_guide.meta/life_sciences_dev_guide/connect_requests_fhir_address.htm "Input representation for the Address FHIR object.") | The address associated with the contact party, stored as ContactPointAddress records. | Optional | 53.0 |
| gender | String | The gender of the contact party. | Optional | 53.0 |
| name | [FHIR Human Name Input](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.life_sciences_dev_guide.meta/life_sciences_dev_guide/connect_requests_fhir_human_name.htm "The input representation for the name of a person and all its associated metadata.") | The name of the contact party, stored as PersonName records. | Optional | 53.0 |
| organisation | [FHIR Reference Input](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.life_sciences_dev_guide.meta/life_sciences_dev_guide/connect_requests_fhir_reference.htm "The input representation for the Reference FHIR object.") | The organization associated with the contact party. | Optional | 53.0 |
| periodEnd | String | The date until when the contact is associated with the patient. | Optional | 53.0 |
| periodStart | String | The date from when the contact is associated with the patient. | Optional | 53.0 |
| relationship | [FHIR Codeable Concept Input](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.life_sciences_dev_guide.meta/life_sciences_dev_guide/connect_requests_fhir_codeable_concept.htm "Input representation for the Codeable​Concept FHIR object.") | The type of relationship between the contact party and the patient, recorded using a reference to Reciprocal Roles. | Optional | 53.0 |
| telecom | [FHIR Contact Point Input](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.life_sciences_dev_guide.meta/life_sciences_dev_guide/connect_requests_fhir_contact_point.htm "Input representation for the ContactPoint FHIR object.")\[\] | The telecom information for the contact party, stored as ContactPointPhone records. | Optional | 53.0 |