Format/length:
HES item:
National Codes:
Default Codes:

Notes:
Originally this data item was required to be recorded for both HES General Episode Records and HES Other Delivery/Other Birth Event Records. It is no longer required but has been retained within the HES record structure to allow the position of the other data item fields to remain unaltered. 

This data element is also known by these names:

Context	Alias
plural	DURATION OF EPISODES