<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><CodeSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir"><id value="request-priority"/><meta><lastUpdated value="2026-03-18T02:16:34.634+00:00"/></meta><text><status value="generated"/><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p class="res-header-id"><b>Generated Narrative: CodeSystem request-priority</b></p><a name="request-priority"> </a><a name="hcrequest-priority"> </a><p>This case-sensitive code system <code>http://hl7.org/fhir/request-priority</code> defines the following codes:</p><table class="codes"><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap"><b>Code</b></td><td><b>Display</b></td><td><b>Definition</b></td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">routine<a name="request-priority-routine"> </a></td><td>Routine</td><td>The request has normal priority.</td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">urgent<a name="request-priority-urgent"> </a></td><td>Urgent</td><td>The request should be actioned promptly - higher priority than routine.</td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">asap<a name="request-priority-asap"> </a></td><td>ASAP</td><td>The request should be actioned as soon as possible - higher priority than urgent.</td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">stat<a name="request-priority-stat"> </a></td><td>STAT</td><td>The request should be actioned immediately - highest possible priority.  E.g. an emergency.</td></tr></table></div></text><extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg"><valueCode value="cds"/></extension><extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status"><valueCode value="normative"/></extension><extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm"><valueInteger value="4"/></extension><url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/request-priority"/><identifier><system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/><value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.4.116"/></identifier><version value="6.0.0-ballot4"/><name value="RequestPriority"/><title value="RequestPriority"/><status value="active"/><experimental value="false"/><date value="2026-03-18T02:16:34+00:00"/><publisher value="HL7 International / Clinical Decision Support"/><contact><telecom><system value="url"/><value value="http://hl7.org/fhir"/></telecom><telecom><system value="email"/><value value="fhir@lists.hl7.org"/></telecom></contact><contact><telecom><system value="url"/><value value="http://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/fiwg"/></telecom></contact><contact><telecom><system value="url"/><value value="http://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/dss"/></telecom></contact><description value="Identifies the level of importance to be assigned to actioning the request."/><jurisdiction><coding><system value="http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49.htm"/><code value="001"/><display value="World"/></coding></jurisdiction><caseSensitive value="true"/><valueSet value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/request-priority"/><content value="complete"/><concept><code value="routine"/><display value="Routine"/><definition value="The request has normal priority."/></concept><concept><code value="urgent"/><display value="Urgent"/><definition value="The request should be actioned promptly - higher priority than routine."/></concept><concept><code value="asap"/><display value="ASAP"/><definition value="The request should be actioned as soon as possible - higher priority than urgent."/></concept><concept><code value="stat"/><display value="STAT"/><definition value="The request should be actioned immediately - highest possible priority.  E.g. an emergency."/></concept></CodeSystem>