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1.14.2.1.187 Value Set http://hl7.org/fhir/vs/encounter-priority

This is a value set defined by the FHIR project.

Indicates the urgency of the encounter

Formal definitions: XML or JSON.

1.14.2.1.187.1 Diet

This value set defines a set of codes that can be used to indicate the encounter priority as determined by triage.

This value set defines its own terms in the system http://hl7.org/fhir/diet

Code	Display	Definition
imm	Immediate	Within seconds
emg	Emergency	Within 10 minutes
urg	Urgent	Within 30 minutes
s-urg	Semi-urgent	Within 60 minutes
no-urg	Non-urgent	Within 120 minutes

These codes are used in the following places:

Encounter.priority (Example)

The OID for the value set is 2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.2.187 (OIDs are not used in FHIR, but may be used in v3, or OID based terminology systems).

See the full registry of value sets defined as part of FHIR.