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Priority
Vocabulary Type	Code System - Universal
Concept Domain	Priority
Code System Name
Code System Identifier
Code System OID
HL7 Table Identifier	HL70027
Version
Status	Active
Where Used	OM4-13
Purpose and Use	HL7-defined table of codes specifying the allowed priorities for obtaining the specimen.

Priority - Code System
Code	Display	Definition
S	Stat (do immediately)	Stat (do immediately)
A	As soon as possible (a priority lower than stat)	As soon as possible (a priority lower than stat)
R	Routine	Routine
P	Preoperative (to be done prior to surgery)	Preoperative (to be done prior to surgery)
T	Timing critical (do as near as possible to requested time)	Timing critical (do as near as possible to requested time)