How did group 86.9 split?

Group 86.9, other human health activities, split into eight classes in NACE Rev. 2.1. Paragraph 193 of the manual lists the eight classes, from class 86.91 for diagnostic imaging and medical laboratory activities to class 86.99 for other human health activities not elsewhere classified. The split is a structural change in a statistical classification. It does not determine a code for a specific reader, and it does not state anything about health care, treatment or eligibility.

What are the eight new classes?

Paragraph 193 lists the classes in order. Class 86.91 is diagnostic imaging services and medical laboratory activities. Class 86.92 is patient transportation by ambulance. Class 86.93 is activities of psychologists and psychotherapists, except medical doctors. Class 86.94 is nursing and midwifery activities. Class 86.95 is physiotherapy activities. Class 86.96 is traditional, complementary and alternative medicine activities. Class 86.97 is intermediation service activities for medical, dental and other human health services. Class 86.99 is other human health activities not elsewhere classified. The titles are taken from paragraph 193 as the manual prints them, and the exception in class 86.93, except medical doctors, is part of the title as printed.

The eight classes divide the old group by the kind of health activity, with one intermediation class and one residual class completing the set. The intermediation class, 86.97, is also listed in paragraph 135 among the new intermediation classes, and it must be read in that context as well as in the context of the split. The residual class, 86.99, holds the other human health activities not elsewhere classified, after the seven specific classes have been applied. The notes for the eight classes state the contents, inclusions and exclusions in full, and section 4 does not reproduce them. This guide does not state inclusion lists for the classes that it has not verified from the notes.

What must a reader not infer from the titles?

The titles name kinds of health activity for statistical grouping. They do not state who may practise an activity, what qualifications are required, what treatment is appropriate, or whether a service is funded, licensed or covered by any scheme. Those questions are governed by other instruments and decided by other authorities, and the classification is statistical only. A reader who treats a class title as a statement about practice, qualification or eligibility has read more into the title than the manual states. The guardrail on this page states the limit directly, and the body of the guide repeats it here because the subject matter invites the misreading more strongly than most parts of the classification.

The titles also do not state the boundary between the classes. The boundary between diagnostic imaging and laboratory work, between nursing and physiotherapy, and between traditional, complementary and alternative medicine and other health activities, is stated in the notes for the classes concerned, including the exclusions that point from one class to another. The exception in class 86.93 is an example of a boundary stated in a title: psychologists and psychotherapists are included, except medical doctors, whose activities sit elsewhere in the classification. The exception must be read as part of the title, and the note for the class must be read for the full boundary.

How is the split shown?

| NACE Rev. 2.1 class | Title in paragraph 193 |

|---|---|

| 86.91 | Diagnostic imaging services and medical laboratory activities |

| 86.92 | Patient transportation by ambulance |

| 86.93 | Activities of psychologists and psychotherapists, except medical doctors |

| 86.94 | Nursing and midwifery activities |

| 86.95 | Physiotherapy activities |

| 86.96 | Traditional, complementary and alternative medicine activities |

| 86.97 | Intermediation service activities for medical, dental and other human health services |

| 86.99 | Other human health activities not elsewhere classified |

The table follows paragraph 193. It lists the eight classes and their titles, and nothing more, because section 4 states nothing more about the split. The explanatory notes for the eight classes, and the correspondence table, supply the content and the mapping. The table in this guide is a summary of the manual summary, and it must not be quoted as a statement of the content of any class, or as a statement about health practice.

What does a split not decide?

The titles in this cluster come from the Eurostat manual, section 4 and the detailed structure. The content of a category is not a title; a title is only a heading. The explanatory note governs content, with its inclusions, exclusions and borderline cases. A service does not belong in a new class on the strength of its name resembling the new title alone. Reading the note, checking the correspondence table, and confirming the entry for a specific unit with the national statistical institute or business register holding the record together make a check complete.

Where is a split class confirmed?

Confirmation is reading the note, reading the table, and asking the holder of the record. The note states what the new class contains. The table gives the relation between the old category and the new classes. For a specific unit, the institute or register states the entry held. No step replaces another.

Read the eight titles as statistical headings only, check the notes for the boundaries between them, and confirm the entry with the institute or register that holds it.