00610
Processing Priority
1995-12-15
Definition: specifies one or more available priorities for performing the observation or test. This is the priority that can be placed in OBR-28-quantity/timing. For tests that require a specimen, this field may contain two components in the format <specimen priority>^<processing priority>. The first component in this case indicates the priority with which the specimen will be collected and is the priority that is specified in an OBR segment when ordering the observation. The second component indicates the corresponding priority with which the producer service will process the specimen, produce the observation, and return results, when this differs from collection priority. Permitted priority values are the following:
Table 0168 - Processing Priority
Length≤40
7 values
A | As soon as possible (a priority lower than stat) |
B | Do at bedside or portable (may be used with other codes) |
C | Measure continously (e.g., arterial line blood pressure) |
P | Preoperative (to be done prior to surgery) |
R | Routine |
S | Stat (do immediately) |
T | Timing critical (do as near as possible to requested time) |