---
type: "codesystem"
title: "Request Priority"
codesystem: "request-priority"
---
# Request Priority

- **Official URL**: http://hl7.org/fhir/request-priority
- **Version**: 6.0.0
- **Status**: active
- **Name**: RequestPriority
- **Title**: Request Priority
- **Description**: RequestPriority

## Concepts

| Code | Display | Definition |
| --- | --- | --- |
| routine | Routine | The request has normal priority. |
| urgent | Urgent | The request should be actioned promptly - higher priority than routine. |
| asap | ASAP | The request should be actioned as soon as possible - higher priority than urgent. |
| stat | STAT | The request should be actioned immediately - highest possible priority.  E.g. an emergency. |

## CodeSystem XML



```xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<CodeSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="request-priority"/>
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status">
    <valueCode value="normative"/>
  </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>
  <identifier>
    <use value="old"/>
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/>
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.1.107"/>
  </identifier>
  <version value="6.0.0"/>
  <name value="RequestPriority"/>
  <title value="Request Priority"/>
  <status value="active"/>
  <experimental value="true"/>
  <description value="RequestPriority"/>
  <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>
```