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# Delete a patient



## OpenAPI

````yaml /openapi/ext-api-v1.json delete /patients/{patientId}
openapi: 3.0.0
info:
  title: Healos External API
  version: 1.0.0
  description: >-
    External API for managing patients, documents, and appointments, listing
    providers, and for pulling clinical notes (with transcript and patient
    context).
servers:
  - url: https://api.healos.ai/ext-api/v1
    description: Production
  - url: http://localhost:8787/ext-api/v1
    description: Local development
security:
  - ApiKeyAuth: []
paths:
  /patients/{patientId}:
    delete:
      tags:
        - Patients
      summary: Delete a patient
      parameters:
        - schema:
            type: string
            description: Patient ID
            example: '481926357104938271'
          required: true
          name: patientId
          in: path
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Patient deleted
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  success:
                    type: boolean
                required:
                  - success
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '403':
          description: Insufficient scope
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '404':
          description: Patient not found
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '429':
          description: Rate limit exceeded
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/RateLimitError'
components:
  schemas:
    Error:
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          type: string
      required:
        - error
    RateLimitError:
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          type: string
          example: Rate limit exceeded. Please retry after the window resets.
      required:
        - error
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKeyAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: X-API-Key
      description: API key obtained from /api/v1/ext-api-keys

````