The phrase "a draft code" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to an initial version of a code or set of rules that is not yet finalized.
Example: "The team is currently reviewing a draft code for the new software application to ensure all features are included."
Alternatives: "preliminary code" or "provisional code".
That commission prepared within six weeks of its creation a draft code consisting of 719 articles.
As part of this industry soul-searching and housecleaning, Independent Sector circulated a draft code of ethics for nonprofit and philanthropic organizations.
Australia offered a draft code in December, including "protocols" and guarantees that the phones of Indonesian politicians would not be monitored in the future.
He disclosed that Revenue and Customs will publish shortly a draft code of practice on taxation for the banking sector "so that banks will comply not just with the letter but the spirit of the law".
His office is currently consulting on a draft code of practice on anonymisation and it is tendering for a contract to set up a 'good practice network' for anonymisation, intended to develop expertise and spread good practice.
Illegal downloaders will start receiving warning letters from internet service providers from 1 March 2014, under a draft code for the government's anti-digital piracy regime drawn up by media regulator Ofcom.
The project team met to open code an initial transcript, and generate a draft coding frame.
We then held a series of data workshops in which we discussed our emerging ideas and developed a draft coding frame.
The first six transcripts were reviewed and discussed by three authors (NR, TR, PB) and a draft coding frame was developed and refined, with differences resolved through consensus.
Using transcripts from the first five interviews, both investigators read and discussed the content and identified the main themes, which formed the basis of a draft coding framework.
A draft coding tree was developed from the FGD topic guide, tested by two researchers separately on about 30% of all data collected, and refined using themes emerging from transcripts.
