A period of time during a CONSULTANT OUT-PATIENT EPISODE or REGULAR ATTENDER EPISODE during which a particular ADMINISTRATIVE CATEGORY applies.

The same ADMINISTRATIVE CATEGORY will usually apply during the whole of the episode but it may change, e.g. a PATIENT may start as an NHS patient but then opt to change to a private patient.

This class is also known by these names:

Context	Alias
plural	ADMINISTRATIVE CATEGORY IN EPISODE