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Diagnosis Priority

1999-04-14
Definition: This field contains the number that identifies the significance or priority of the diagnosis code. Refer to HL7 table 0359 - Diagnosis priority for valid values.

Table 0359 - Diagnosis priority

Length≤2
3 values
0not included in diagnosis ranking
1the primary diagnosis
2 and higherfor ranked secondary diagnoses
IDcoded value for HL7 defined tablesPrimitive