SIC 3842—Surgical Appliances and Supplies

Where 3842 sits

1. D Manufacturing
2. 38 Measuring, Analyzing, and Controlling Instruments; Photographic, Medical and Optical Goods; Watches and Clocks
3. 384 Surgical, Medical, and Dental Instruments and Supplies
4. 3842 Surgical Appliances and Supplies

Description

Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing orthopedic, prosthetic, and surgical appliances and supplies, arch supports and other foot appliances; fracture appliances, elastic hosiery, abdominal supporters, braces, and trusses; bandages; surgical gauze and dressings; sutures; adhesive tapes and medicated plasters; and personal safety appliances and equipment.

What 3842 includes

6-digit codes

• 384200 — Surgical Appliances and Supplies
• 384201 — Personal Safety Equipment
• 384202 — Cotton and Cotton Applicators
• 384203 — Prosthetic Appliances
• 384204 — Orthopedic Appliances
• 384205 — Bandages and Dressings
• 384299 — Surgical Appliances and Supplies, NEC

8-digit codes

• 38420000 — Surgical appliances and supplies
• 38420100 — Personal safety equipment
• 38420101 — Bulletproof vests
• 38420102 — Clothing, fire resistant and protective
• 38420103 — Ear plugs
• 38420104 — Gas masks
• 38420105 — Gloves, safety
• 38420106 — Helmets, space
• 38420107 — Life preservers, except cork and inflatable
• 38420108 — Linemen's safety belts
• 38420109 — Noise protectors, personal
• 38420110 — Nose plugs
• 38420111 — Radiation shielding aprons, gloves, sheeting, etc.
• 38420112 — Respiratory protection equipment, personal
• 38420113 — Space suits
• 38420114 — Suits, firefighting (asbestos)
• 38420115 — Welders' hoods
• 38420200 — Cotton and cotton applicators
• 38420201 — Absorbent cotton, sterilized
• 38420202 — Applicators, cotton tipped
• 38420203 — Cotton, absorbent: sterilized
• 38420204 — Cotton, including cotton balls: sterile and non-sterile
• 38420205 — Swabs, sanitary cotton
• 38420300 — Prosthetic appliances
• 38420301 — Cosmetic restorations
• 38420302 — Implants, surgical
• 38420303 — Limbs, artificial
• 38420304 — Models, anatomical
• 38420305 — Socks, stump
• 38420400 — Orthopedic appliances
• 38420401 — Abdominal supporters, braces, and trusses
• 38420402 — Braces, elastic
• 38420403 — Braces, orthopedic
• 38420404 — Canes, orthopedic
• 38420405 — Cervical collars
• 38420406 — Corn remover pads, bunion pads, etc.
• 38420407 — Corsets, surgical
• 38420408 — Crutches and walkers
• 38420409 — Elastic hosiery, orthopedic (support)
• 38420410 — Extension shoes, orthopedic
• 38420411 — Foot appliances, orthopedic
• 38420412 — Hearing aids
• 38420413 — Hosiery, support
• 38420414 — Splints, pneumatic and wood
• 38420415 — Supports: abdominal, ankle, arch, kneecap, etc.
• 38420416 — Suspensories
• 38420417 — Technical aids for the handicapped
• 38420418 — Trusses, orthopedic and surgical
• 38420419 — Walkers
• 38420420 — Wheelchairs
• 38420500 — Bandages and dressings
• 38420501 — Bandages: plastic, muslin, plaster of paris, etc.
• 38420502 — Dressings, surgical
• 38420503 — Gauze, surgical
• 38429900 — Surgical appliances and supplies, nec
• 38429901 — Adhesive tape and plasters, medicated or non-medicated
• 38429902 — Atomizers, medical
• 38429903 — Autoclaves, hospital and surgical
• 38429904 — Belts: surgical, sanitary, and corrective
• 38429905 — Colostomy appliances
• 38429906 — Drapes, surgical (cotton)
• 38429907 — First aid, snake bite, and burn kits
• 38429908 — Fracture appliances, surgical
• 38429909 — Grafts, artificial: for surgery
• 38429910 — Gynecological supplies and appliances
• 38429911 — Hydrotherapy equipment
• 38429912 — Infant incubators
• 38429913 — Intra-uterine devices
• 38429914 — Iron lungs
• 38429915 — Ligatures, medical
• 38429916 — Respirators
• 38429917 — Restraints, patient
• 38429918 — Sponges, surgical
• 38429919 — Sterilizers, hospital and surgical
• 38429920 — Stockinette, surgical
• 38429921 — Stretchers
• 38429922 — Surgical appliances and supplies
• 38429923 — Sutures, absorbable and non-absorbable
• 38429924 — Tape, adhesive: medicated or non-medicated
• 38429925 — Tongue depressors
• 38429926 — Traction apparatus
• 38429927 — Whirlpool baths, hydrotherapy equipment

Example activities

• abdominal supporters, braces, and trusses
• absorbent cotton, sterilized
• adhesive tape and plasters, medicated or non-medicated
• applicators, cotton tipped
• atomizers, medical
• autoclaves, hospital and surgical
• bandages and dressings, surgical and orthopedic
• bandages: plastics, muslin, and plaster of paris
• belts: sanitary, surgical, and corrective
• braces, elastic
• braces, orthopedic
• bulletproof vests
• canes, orthopedic
• cervical collars
• clothing, fire resistant and protective
• colostomy appliances
• corn remover and bunion pads
• corsets, surgical
• cosmetic restorations
• cotton, absorbent: sterilized
• cotton, including cotton balls
• crutches and walkers
• drapes, surgical: cotton
• dressings, surgical

Cross-references for 3842

• Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing surgical and medical instruments are classified in Industry 3841.
• Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing orthopedic or prosthetic appliances and in the personal fitting to the individual prescription by a physician are classified in Retail Trade, Industry 5999.

3842 in other systems