code vs formulary

code

noun
  • A set of rules for converting information into another form or representation. 

  • By synecdoche: a codeword, code point, an encoded representation of a character, symbol, or other entity. 

  • A message represented by rules intended to conceal its meaning. 

  • Any system of principles, rules or regulations relating to one subject. 

  • A program. 

  • A cryptographic system using a codebook that converts words or phrases into codewords. 

  • A particular lect or language variety. 

  • A set of unwritten rules that bind a social group. 

  • Instructions for a computer, written in a programming language; the input of a translator, an interpreter or a browser, namely: source code, machine code, bytecode. 

  • A short symbol, often with little relation to the item it represents. 

  • A body of law, sanctioned by legislation, in which the rules of law to be specifically applied by the courts are set forth in systematic form; a compilation of laws by public authority; a digest. 

  • An emergency requiring situation-trained members of the staff. 

verb
  • To encode. 

  • To call a hospital emergency code. 

  • To categorise by assigning identifiers from a schedule, for example CPT coding for medical insurance purposes. 

  • To go into a state where a hospital emergency code is required to save one's life. 

  • To encode a protein. 

  • To add codes to a dataset. 

  • Of a patient, to suffer a sudden medical emergency (a code blue) such as cardiac arrest. 

  • To write software programs. 

formulary

noun
  • A list of formulas; a collection of set forms to be followed, especially in religious belief. 

  • A pharmacopoeia or list of available drugs, particularly prescription drugs 

  • A list of drugs, created by health insurers, hospitals, or prescription drug plans, that defines how costs for any drug are shared between patient and health care provider, typically broken down by tiers such as preferred generics with lowest copay, or preferred brand with higher copay, or non-preferred brand and not covered tiers with the highest cost to the patient. 

  • An ancient or medieval collection of models for official writings. 

  • A collection of formulas in sciences and mathematics. 

adj
  • Stated; prescribed; ritual. 

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