PKD 86.92—Transporting patients by ambulance

Where 86.92 sits

1. R Health Care and Social Welfare
2. 86 Healthcare
3. 86.9 Other healthcare activities
4. 86.92 Transporting patients by ambulance

Contains 1 narrower code

• 86.92.Z Emergency services activities

What 86.92 includes

• This class includes ambulance transport of patients by any mode of transport, including airplanes. Ambulance vehicles carry paramedics / medical doctors and are usually equipped with lifesaving equipment.
• Specialised transport of patients, accompanied by paramedics
• Primary care given by a paramedic or a doctor during the patient's transport by ambulance

What 86.92 excludes

• Transport of patients in vehicles without paramedical practitioners and equipment for lifesaving, see divisions 49, 50
• Transport of patients in airplanes without paramedical practitioners and equipment for lifesaving, see division 51
• Transport of blood and body organs/fluids, see 86.99

86.92 in other systems