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Definition for Value SetEncounter Priority
<ValueSet xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir"> <id value="encounter-priority"/> <meta> <lastUpdated value="2015-10-24T07:41:03.495+11:00"/> <profile value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/valueset-shareable-definition"/> </meta> <text> <status value="generated"/> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <h2>Encounter Priority</h2> <p>This is an example value set defined by the FHIR project, that could be used in Emergency to indicate the encounter priority as determined by triage.</p> <p>This value set has an inline code system http://hl7.org/fhir/encounter-priority, which defines the following codes:</p> <table class="codes"> <tr> <td> <b>Code</b> </td> <td> <b>Display</b> </td> <td> <b>Definition</b> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>imm <a name="imm"> </a> </td> <td>Immediate</td> <td>Within seconds.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>emg <a name="emg"> </a> </td> <td>Emergency</td> <td>Within 10 minutes.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>urg <a name="urg"> </a> </td> <td>Urgent</td> <td>Within 30 minutes.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>s-urg <a name="s-urg"> </a> </td> <td>Semi-urgent</td> <td>Within 60 minutes.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>no-urg <a name="no-urg"> </a> </td> <td>Non-urgent</td> <td>Within 120 minutes.</td> </tr> </table> </div> </text> <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/valueset-oid"> <valueUri value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.2.143"/> </extension> <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/encounter-priority"/> <version value="1.0.2"/> <name value="Encounter Priority"/> <status value="draft"/> <experimental value="true"/> <publisher value="FHIR Project team"/> <contact> <telecom> <system value="other"/> <value value="http://hl7.org/fhir"/> </telecom> </contact> <date value="2015-10-24T07:41:03+11:00"/> <description value="This is an example value set defined by the FHIR project, that could be used in Emergency to indicate the encounter priority as determined by triage."/> <codeSystem> <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/valueset-oid"> <valueUri value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.1.143"/> </extension> <system value="http://hl7.org/fhir/encounter-priority"/> <caseSensitive value="true"/> <concept> <code value="imm"/> <display value="Immediate"/> <definition value="Within seconds."/> </concept> <concept> <code value="emg"/> <display value="Emergency"/> <definition value="Within 10 minutes."/> </concept> <concept> <code value="urg"/> <display value="Urgent"/> <definition value="Within 30 minutes."/> </concept> <concept> <code value="s-urg"/> <display value="Semi-urgent"/> <definition value="Within 60 minutes."/> </concept> <concept> <code value="no-urg"/> <display value="Non-urgent"/> <definition value="Within 120 minutes."/> </concept> </codeSystem> </ValueSet>
Usage note: every effort has been made to ensure that the examples are correct and useful, but they are not a normative part of the specification.