---
type: "search-params"
title: "Slot Search Parameters"
resource: "Slot"
---
# Slot Search Parameters

<a id="appointment-type"></a>

## appointment-type
**Description:** The style of appointment or patient that may be booked in the slot (not service type)

**Type:** token

**Expression:** Slot.appointmentType

**Path:** Slot.appointmentType

**Standards Status:** normative

**URL:** http://hl7.org/fhir/build/SearchParameter/Slot-appointment-type


<a id="identifier"></a>

## identifier
**Description:** A Slot Identifier

**Type:** token

**Expression:** Slot.identifier

**Path:** Slot.identifier

**Standards Status:** normative

**URL:** http://hl7.org/fhir/build/SearchParameter/Slot-identifier


<a id="schedule"></a>

## schedule
**Description:** The Schedule Resource that we are seeking a slot within

**Type:** reference

**Expression:** Slot.schedule

**Path:** Slot.schedule

**Standards Status:** normative

**URL:** http://hl7.org/fhir/build/SearchParameter/Slot-schedule


<a id="service-category"></a>

## service-category
**Description:** A broad categorization of the service that is to be performed during this appointment

**Type:** token

**Expression:** Slot.serviceCategory

**Path:** Slot.serviceCategory

**Standards Status:** normative

**URL:** http://hl7.org/fhir/build/SearchParameter/Slot-service-category


<a id="service-type"></a>

## service-type
**Description:** The type (by coding) of appointments that can be booked into the slot

**Type:** token

**Expression:** Slot.serviceType.concept

**Path:** Slot.serviceType.concept

**Standards Status:** normative

**URL:** http://hl7.org/fhir/build/SearchParameter/Slot-service-type


<a id="service-type-reference"></a>

## service-type-reference
**Description:** The type (by HealthcareService) of appointments that can be booked into the slot

**Type:** reference

**Expression:** Slot.serviceType.reference

**Path:** Slot.serviceType.reference

**Standards Status:** normative

**URL:** http://hl7.org/fhir/build/SearchParameter/Slot-service-type-reference


<a id="specialty"></a>

## specialty
**Description:** The specialty of a practitioner that would be required to perform the service requested in this appointment

**Type:** token

**Expression:** Slot.specialty

**Path:** Slot.specialty

**Standards Status:** normative

**URL:** http://hl7.org/fhir/build/SearchParameter/Slot-specialty


<a id="start"></a>

## start
**Description:** Appointment date/time.

**Type:** date

**Expression:** Slot.start

**Path:** Slot.start

**Standards Status:** normative

**URL:** http://hl7.org/fhir/build/SearchParameter/Slot-start


<a id="status"></a>

## status
**Description:** The free/busy status of the appointment

**Type:** token

**Expression:** Slot.status

**Path:** Slot.status

**Standards Status:** normative

**URL:** http://hl7.org/fhir/build/SearchParameter/Slot-status