Disambiguation

• Meanings of the word code commonly used in connection with   and the services, applications and organizations that use   include:

  1.  and  used to represent clinical meanings may sometimes be informally referred to as "SNOMED codes". 

     Instead of referring to a "code" or "SNOMED code" use  (or where appropriate ) to minimize the risk of misunderstanding.

  2. Codes in code systems or classifications that are used with or  to/from .
  3. Software code written in a computer programming language (or compiled as machine executable code) that determines the operation of an application or device. 
  4. Codes used to represent characters and symbols in computer storage and communication (e.g. ).
  5. Cryptographic codes used to support secure access to and/or communication of data.

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