MSIC 869—Other human health activities

Where 869 sits

1. R Human Health and Social Work Activities
2. 86 Human health activities
3. 869 Other human health activities

Contains 2 narrower codes

• 8691 Intermediation service activities for medical, dental, and other human health services
• 8699 Other human health activities n.e.c

What 869 includes

• This group includes medical, curative, rehabilitative, or prevention activities (without provision of accommodation services) by paramedical practitioners and health professionals other than hospitals or practicing medical doctors.
• The intermediation of medical, dental and other human health services, by bringing clients and service providers together for a fee or commission, without the intermediary providing the medical, dental and other human health services that are intermediated is also included in this group. These intermediation activities can be carried out on digital platforms or through non-digital channels (face-to-face including door-to-door, phone, mail etc.) . The fee or commission can be received from either the client or the provider of the medical, dental and other human health services. Revenue for the intermediation activities can include other sources of income, such as revenues from sale of advertising. This group also includes appointment reservations for medical visits.
• This group includes activities for human health not elsewhere classified such as activities of nurses, midwives, physiotherapists or other paramedical practitioners in the field of optometry, hydrotherapy, medical massage, occupational therapy, speech therapy, podiatry/chiropody, homeopathy, chiropractic, acupuncture, etc.
• These activities may be carried out in health clinics such as those attached to firms, schools, homes for the aged, labour organizations and fraternal organizations and in residential health facilities other than hospitals, as well as in own consulting rooms, patients' homes or elsewhere. These activities do not involve medical treatment.
• This group also includes activities of dental paramedical personnel such as dental therapists, school dental nurses and dental hygienists, who may work remote from, but are periodically supervised by the dentist, activities of medical laboratories such as X-ray laboratories and other diagnostic imaging centres and blood analysis laboratories, activities of blood banks, sperm banks, transplant organ banks etc. and ambulance transport of patients by any mode of transport including airplanes. The ambulance vehicles carry paramedics or medical doctors and are usually equipped with lifesaving equipment.

What 869 excludes

• This group excludes intermediation service activities for residential care activities (see class 8791) , production of artificial teeth, denture and prosthetic appliances by dental laboratories (see class 3250) , transfer of patients, with neither equipment for lifesaving nor medical personnel (see divisions 49, 50, 51) , nonmedical laboratory testing (see class 7120) , testing activities in the field of food hygiene (see class 7120) , hospital activities (see class 8610) , medical and dental practice activities (see class 8620) and nursing care facilities (see class 8710) .

869 in other systems