Sekirov Dictionary

upcode

/ʌpˈkəʊd/

verb 2
/ˈʌpkəʊd/ noun 1
forms 3

verb2

•
(US) To change the diagnostic code of a patient's condition from the correct code to one for which a larger amount can be billed.
- Several factors appear to have fueled the PBD epidemic: […]; and diagnostic upcoding in the U.S. health system that rations treatment according to DSM diagnoses [ 14 ]. — 2014
•
To give an improved code or rating to something.
- Introduction of more wagons fitted with vacuum brakes and roller-bearing axleboxes has made it possible to up-code trains conveying steel and coal traffic. — 1962

upcode

/ˈʌpkəʊd/

noun1

The behavioral norms which influence how software (or "downcode") is produced.

forms

upcoded · upcoding · upcodes

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