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Diagnosis Priority

2000-10-28
Definition: This field contains the number that identifies the significance or priority of the diagnosis code. Refer to User-defined Table 0359 - Diagnosis priority for suggested values.

Table 0359 - Diagnosis priority

Length≤2
3 values
0Not included in diagnosis ranking
1The primary diagnosis
2 ...For ranked secondary diagnoses
IDcoded value for HL7 defined tablesPrimitive