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CODING SYSTEM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does coding system mean? 

CODING SYSTEM (noun)
  The noun CODING SYSTEM has 1 sense:

1. a system of signals used to represent letters or numbers in transmitting messagesplay

  Familiarity information: CODING SYSTEM used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CODING SYSTEM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A system of signals used to represent letters or numbers in transmitting messages

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("coding system" is a kind of...):

writing (letters or symbols that are written or imprinted on a surface to represent the sounds or words of a language)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "coding system"):

code (a coding system used for transmitting messages requiring brevity or secrecy)

code; computer code ((computer science) the symbolic arrangement of data or instructions in a computer program or the set of such instructions)


 Context examples 


A data type comprised of the amount or total number of a measured entity with units that come from a coding system.

(Physical Quantity Representation Data Type, NCI Thesaurus)

The coding system to use for recording results for the associated activity or evaluation.

(Defined Observation Result Target Coding System, NCI Thesaurus)

A coding system used to specify attributes of an occupation.

(Employee Job Class, NCI Thesaurus)

A data type comprised of a single code value of a concept defined and/or referenced in an external coding system, dictionary or ontology.

(Coded Value Data Type, NCI Thesaurus)

EXAMPLE(S): The gradeCode could be 3 if the CTCAE coding system is being used.

(Adverse Event Grade Code, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)

The coding system used for recording a state of being, such as a state of health.

(Condition Coding System, NCI Thesaurus)

The atlas contains a guide to standardized mammographic reporting, including a breast-imaging lexicon of terminology, a report organization and assessment structure and coding system.

(Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System, NCI Thesaurus)

The coding system used for recording adverse events for a study.

(Adverse Event Coding System, NCI Thesaurus)

A coding system for staging of cancer bringing together the principles of Summary Stage, the TNM categories and stage groupings, and the SEER Extent of Disease (EOD) coding structure, creating a carefully selected set of data items that describe how far a cancer has spread at the time of diagnosis.

(Collaborative Staging, NCI Thesaurus)

The Collaborative Staging System uses a modified EOD coding system, a five-field, 10 digit system: tumor size (3 digits), extension of the primary tumor (2 digits), regional lymph node involvement (highest specific lymph node chain involved by tumor) (1 digit), the number of pathologically reviewed regional lymph nodes that are positive (2 digits), and the number of pathologically examined regional lymph nodes (2 digits).

(Collaborative Staging, NCI Thesaurus)



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