A Service Code in Ardex is a 'parent' group of activities that can be applied to a horse, and where on your Chart of Accounts that cost will occur.
For example, Service Codes can be;
Agistment
Veterinary services
Arrival / Departure
Breeding
Farrier
Floating
Sales
... and more.
When recording activities against a horse (Transaction, Procedure etc), the options available to you belong to a Service Code;
Procedures;
Transactions;