SCIAN 621—Outpatient medical services and related services
Subsector · Sistema de Clasificación Industrial de América del Norte (2023)
Where 621 sits
- 62 Health and social assistance services
- 621 Outpatient medical services and related services
Contains 7 narrower codes
Description
Economic units primarily engaged in providing general or specialized outpatient medical consultation services, provided by professionals with a minimum of a medical degree or by technicians, paramedical personnel and professionals who do not have a medical degree; medical services to patients who do not require hospitalization, such as family planning services, outpatient medical care for the rehabilitation of the mentally ill and addicts, outpatient surgery, and kidney dialysis services; medical analysis and diagnostic services for individuals; qualified nursing services, and auxiliary services to medical treatment, such as ambulance services, and organ or blood banks.
What 621 includes
- Establishments primarily engaged in providing sports therapy services; weight management services through non-prescription diets; prenatal medical care; human sperm banks; and osteoporosis centers.
Cross-references for 621
- Establishments primarily engaged in the manufacture of equipment and materials for medical, dental, and laboratory use (339, Other manufacturing industries); to the specialized retail trade of prescription and sunglasses, contact lenses, and their accessories (464, Retail trade of health care products); to transportation services without medical service to transport the elderly, disabled, weak, or sick (485, Land passenger transportation, except by rail); to providing testing of products or substances; to research in medical-biological sciences; to providing veterinary medical services for pets or livestock; veterinary clinical analysis laboratories (541, Professional, scientific, and technical services); to providing education (preschool, primary, general secondary level) for special needs (611, Educational services); medical services for the care of a variety of diseases of children, women, the elderly, or patients in general; medical services to patients requiring hospitalization due to psychological disorders and addiction; medical services for the care of specific diseases or a condition of an organ or system; family planning services provided as one of the hospital services (622, Hospitals); care for people suffering from mental retardation, mental disorder or addiction (623, Social care and health care residences); day care for the elderly and people with disabilities; counseling and social work services through talks and lectures for the prevention or combating of addictions or diseases; counseling for people with drug addiction problems, and counseling on family planning without medical attention (624, Other social assistance services); slimming massage services; witch doctors (812, Personal services), and fitness centers (713, Entertainment services in recreational facilities and other recreational services).