I'm not sure what specific code you are speaking of...
like you said, you haven't read the novel, and it is not about an actual da vinci code. it's a "suspenseful thriller" that's based around theories about the nature of the christian church.
I hate to make an example but if you don't wish to read the book then I want to share this with you (IF YOU DO WISH TO READ THE BOOK PLEASE READ NO FURTHER)
What you see below is an image of da vinci's Last Supper.
There are thirteen men in this painting, of Jesus and his disciples, right? I have replaced the photos with a links so people can scroll through this post without seeing the pictures.
The Last Supper
sitting next to Jesus is supposedly John the Baptist, right? take a closer look:
Detail of John the Baptist?
Doesn't look much like a "John", but let's move in even closer.
Closer Detail of John(?)'s face
I don't see the face of a man, I see a woman with red hair, who is wearing the exact opposite of Jesus (blue robe w/red cloak as opposed to Jesus' red robe and blue cloak), and inclined at the opposite angle. the balancing feminine force of Jesus' masculinity. yin and yang. Namely, Mary Magdalene.
Then why is she a whore in the biblical stories today? because the church is built on the notion that christ was a divine being, above the sins and desires of humanity, and a lifelong bachelor, never to know the touch of a woman.
Of course, the Last Supper is just a painting made 1500 years later, perhaps something a bit closer to the events... Here is an excerpt from the gospel of philip found in the Nag Hammandi, suspiciously absent from the bible we know today:
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And the companion of the Saviour is Mary Magdalene. Christ loved her more than all the disciples and used to kiss her often on the mouth. The rest of the disciples were offended by it and expressed disapproval. They said to him, "Why do you love her more than all of us?"
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another quote comes from the gospel of Mary of Magdala. A similar translation of this is found in the Da Vinci Code, and it is corroborated on
this site:
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Peter also opposed her in regard to these matters and asked them about the Savior. "Did he then speak secretly with a woman [cf. John 4:27], in preference to us, and not openly? Are we to turn back and all listen to her? Did he prefer her to us?" Then Mary grieved and said to Peter, "My brother Peter, what do you think? Do you think that I thought this up myself in my heart or that I am lying concerning the Savior?"
Levi answered and said to Peter, "Peter, you are always irate. Now I see that you are contending against the woman like the adversaries. But if the Savior made her worthy, who are you to reject her? Surely the Savior knew her very well [cf. Luke 10:38- 42]. For this reason he loved her more than us [cf. John 11:5]. And we should rather be ashamed and put on the Perfect Man, to form us [?] as he commanded us, and proclaim the gospel, without publishing a further commandment or a further law than the one which the Savior spoke." When Levi had said this, they began to go out in order to proclaim him and preach him.
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Mary was Jesus' spouse (the ancient aramaic word companion literally meant spouse), and apparently he intended for her to carry on the church when it became clear that he would be martyred. This obviously arose Peter's temper, and challenges the male dominance of the church.
Again, not only has the power of the feminine threatened the power of the men in positions of authority, but the notion of the marriage of Jesus threatens the foundation on which the christian church is built.
Just because the plot is a work of fiction doesn't mean that everything in the book is ficticious, or that the author hasn't also researched the basis for his novel.