upcode

noun

1. The behavioral norms which influence how software (or "downcode") is produced.

   “Upcode includes the mental codes that shape human thought and behavior from within and the cultural codes that operate on us, often invisibly, from without: personal morality, religious rituals, social norms, legal rules, corporate policies, professional ethics, website terms of service. Downcode is run by computers, upcode by humans.”

verb

1. (US)To change the diagnostic code of a patient's condition from the correct code to one for which a larger amount can be billed.

   “Several factors appear to have fueled the PBD epidemic: […]; and diagnostic upcoding in the U.S. health system that rations treatment according to DSM diagnoses [ 14 ].”

2. To give an improved code or rating to something.

   “Introduction of more wagons fitted with vacuum brakes and roller-bearing axleboxes has made it possible to up-code trains conveying steel and coal traffic.”