downcode (English, verb)
expansion: downcode (third-person singular simple present downcodes, present participle downcoding, simple past and past participle downcoded)
Senses:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: To change the diagnostic code of a patient's condition to a code for which a smaller amount will be billed.
tags: US
Forms:
form: downcodes
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: downcoding
tags: participle
present
form: downcoded
tags: participle
past
form: downcoded
tags: past