diff --git a/modules/check_in/app/services/check_in/map/client.rb b/modules/check_in/app/services/check_in/map/client.rb
index d85a99d96ac..316e473b264 100644
--- a/modules/check_in/app/services/check_in/map/client.rb
+++ b/modules/check_in/app/services/check_in/map/client.rb
@@ -28,17 +28,40 @@ def initialize
         @settings = Settings.check_in.map_api
       end
 
+      def deep_analyze_and_modify(obj)
+        case obj
+        when Hash
+          obj.each do |key, value|
+            if key == :system && value.is_a?(String)
+              obj[key] = value.gsub('https://va.gov', '')
+            else
+              deep_analyze_and_modify(value)
+            end
+          end
+        when Array
+          obj.each do |value|
+            deep_analyze_and_modify(value)
+          end
+        end
+      end
+
       ##
       # HTTP GET call to get the appointment data from MAP
       #
       # @return [Faraday::Response]
       #
       def appointments(token:, patient_icn:, query_params:)
-        connection.post("/vaos/v1/patients/#{patient_icn}/appointments?#{query_params}") do |req|
+        response = connection.post("/vaos/v1/patients/#{patient_icn}/appointments?#{query_params}") do |req|
           req.headers = default_headers.merge('X-VAMF-JWT' => token)
         end
+        deep_analyze_and_modify(response)
+        response
       rescue => e
-        Faraday::Response.new(body: e.original_body, status: e.original_status)
+        if e.respond_to?(:original_body) && e.respond_to?(:original_status)
+          Faraday::Response.new(body: e.original_body, status: e.original_status)
+        else
+          raise e
+        end
       end
 
       private
diff --git a/modules/check_in/spec/services/check_in/map/client_spec.rb b/modules/check_in/spec/services/check_in/map/client_spec.rb
index 0c0c8ebe46b..16aa5e6092e 100644
--- a/modules/check_in/spec/services/check_in/map/client_spec.rb
+++ b/modules/check_in/spec/services/check_in/map/client_spec.rb
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
               id: '180765',
               identifier: [
                 {
-                  system: 'Appointment/',
+                  system: 'https://va.gov/Appointment/',
                   value: '413938333130383735'
                 }
               ],
@@ -68,6 +68,51 @@
       end
     end
 
+    context 'when appointments service returns success response takes out https://va.gov' do
+      let(:appointments_response) do
+        {
+          data: [
+            {
+              id: '180765',
+              identifier: [
+                {
+                  system: 'https://va.gov/Appointment/',
+                  value: '413938333130383735'
+                }
+              ],
+              kind: 'clinic',
+              status: 'booked',
+              serviceType: 'amputation',
+              patientIcn: :icn,
+              locationId: '983GC',
+              clinic: '1081',
+              start: '2023-11-02T17:12:30.174Z',
+              end: '2023-12-12T17:12:30.174Z',
+              minutesDuration: 30,
+              extension: {
+                preCheckinAllowed: true,
+                eCheckinAllowed: true
+              }
+            }
+          ]
+        }
+      end
+
+      before do
+        allow_any_instance_of(Faraday::Connection).to receive(:post).with(anything).and_return(appointments_response)
+      end
+
+      it 'strips https://va.gov from any system property in the response' do
+        response = subject.appointments(token: jwt_token, patient_icn: icn, query_params:)
+        response[:data].each do |appointment|
+          appointment[:identifier].each do |identifier|
+            puts identifier[:system]
+            expect(identifier[:system]).not_to start_with('https://va.gov')
+          end
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
     context 'when appointments service returns a 500 error response' do
       let(:error_msg) do
         {