coding

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.

1. The process of encoding or decoding.
2. The process of writing computer software code.

   I spent all night on the coding, but the program was ready by morning.

3. An encoding.
4. A method of communicating important medical information discreetly and quickly between medical professionals and responders.
5. An alternative therapy used to treat addictions by convincing the patient (through hypnosis, placebos, etc.) that the substance will harm or kill them if they use it again.