coded

1. To write software programs.

   I learned to code on an early home computer in the 1980s.

2. To add codes to a dataset.
3. To categorise by assigning identifiers from a schedule, for example CPT coding for medical insurance purposes.
4. To encode.

   We should code the messages we send out on Usenet.

5. To encode a protein.
6. To call a hospital emergency code.

   coding in the CT scanner

verb

Of a patient, to suffer a sudden medical emergency (a code blue) such as cardiac arrest.

adjective

Encoded; written in code or cipher.