This endpoint provides you information on a specific ICD-11 foundation entity
GET {{baseUrl}}/icd/entity/:id?releaseId=ut amet aliquip nostrud
Request Params
Key | Datatype | Required | Description |
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releaseId | string | This is an optional parameter and if ignored, the API will return values from the latest released version of the Foundation. |
If provided, the API will respond using that particular release. The values are like 2019-04 |
HEADERS
Key | Datatype | Required | Description |
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API-Version | string | (Required) Version of the API. Values are like v1,v2. | |
For example, if you provide value v2, the API will respond in the format of the version 2 of the API | |||
Accept-Language | string | (Required) ICD-API is multi-lingual. By changing this header, you may make the API respond in different languages | |
Languages will be available as the translations of ICD-11 completes. | |||
The values are language codes such as en, es, zh, etc. |
RESPONSES
status: OK
{"@context":"http://id.who.int/icd/contexts/contextForFoundationEntity.json","@id":"http://id.who.int/icd/entity/250688797","parent":["http://id.who.int/icd/entity/941543084","http://id.who.int/icd/entity/135352227","http://id.who.int/icd/entity/734592989"],"child":["http://id.who.int/icd/entity/2114593305"],"browserUrl":"NA","title":{"@language":"en","@value":"Enterocolitis due to Clostridium difficile"},"synonym":[{"label":{"@language":"en","@value":"Clostridium difficile diarrhoea"}},{"label":{"@language":"en","@value":"colitis due to Clostridium difficile"}},{"label":{"@language":"en","@value":"Clostridium difficile gastroenteritis"}},{"label":{"@language":"en","@value":"Clostridial difficile colitis"}},{"label":{"@language":"en","@value":"C diff colitis"}},{"label":{"@language":"en","@value":"necrotizing enterocolitis due to clostricium difficile infection"}},{"label":{"@language":"en","@value":"foodborne clostridium difficile infection"}}],"definition":{"@language":"en","@value":"A disease of the colon, caused by an infection with the gram-positive bacteria Clostridium difficile. This disease is characterized by colitis, diarrhoea, abdominal pain, and fever. Transmission is commonly by direct or indirect contact, or from a disturbance of the normal bacterial flora of the colon. Confirmation is by identification of Clostridium difficile in a faecal sample."}}