my %codes = ( ABC => 0, DEF => 1, GHT => 2 );
my $alternation  = join('|', keys %codes);
my $substitution = qr/($alternation)/;

while (<DATA>)
{
    s/$substitution/$codes{ $1 }/g;
    print;
}
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Untested, but it can't be too far wrong.