"downcode" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: downcodes [present, singular, third-person], downcoding [participle, present], downcoded [participle, past], downcoded [past]
Etymology: down- + code Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|down|code}} down- + code Head templates: {{en-verb}} downcode (third-person singular simple present downcodes, present participle downcoding, simple past and past participle downcoded)
  1. (medicine, chiefly US) To change the diagnostic code of a patient's condition to a code for which a smaller amount will be billed. Tags: US Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-downcode-en-verb-kuHnAiQK Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with down- Topics: medicine, sciences

Inflected forms

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