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<CodeSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="request-priority"/>
  <meta>
    <lastUpdated value="2026-03-31T18:55:04.283+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="2026-03-31T18:55:04+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>