This field contains a code that defines the type of episode, so that groups of similar episodes can be formed.

1 = General episode (anything that is not covered by the other codes)

2 = Delivery episode

3 = Birth episode

4 = Formally detained under the provisions of mental health legislation or long-term (over one year) psychiatric patients who should have additional information recorded on the psychiatric census. This value can only appear in unfinished records

5 = Other delivery event

6 = Other birth event