national industry 621610
Home Health Care Services
Overview
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing skilled nursing services in the home, along with a range of the following: personal care services; homemaker and companion services; physical therapy; medical social services; medications; medical equipment and supplies; counseling; 24-hour home care; occupation and vocational therapy; dietary and nutritional services; speech therapy; audiology; and high-tech care, such as intravenous therapy.
The immediate parent of national industry 621610 is international industry 62161: Home Health Care Services
Illustrative Examples
- Home health care agencies
- Visiting nurse associations
- Home infusion therapy services
- In-home hospice care services
2022 NAICS Edition Cross References
- In-home health services provided by establishments of health practitioners and others primarily engaged in the independent practice of their profession are classified in Industry 62111, Offices of Physicians; Industry 621210, Offices of Dentists; Industry Group 6213, Offices of Other Health Practitioners; and U.S. Industry 621999, All Other Miscellaneous Ambulatory Health Care Services;
- Establishments primarily engaged in providing non-medical home care or homemaker services for the elderly or persons with disabilities are classified in Industry 624120, Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities;
- Establishments primarily engaged in renting or leasing products for home health care are classified in U.S. Industry 532283, Home Health Equipment Rental; and
- Establishments primarily engaged in retailing home health care equipment are classified in U.S. Industry 456199, All Other Health and Personal Care Retailers.
Sub-Descriptions
- 621610 - Home care of elderly, medical
- 621610 - Home health agencies
- 621610 - Home health care agencies
- 621610 - Home infusion therapy services
- 621610 - Home nursing services (except private practices)
- 621610 - Hospice care services, in-home
- 621610 - Nurse associations, visiting
- 621610 - Nursing agencies, primarily providing home nursing services
- 621610 - Visiting nurse associations
History
The NAICS editions in which this code was present are indicated below. In the event that a code was changed from the prior edition the equivalent value in that edition is provided for reference.
| Edition | Existed | Equivalent Value |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 621610 | |
| 2007 | 621610 | |
| 2012 | 621610 | |
| 2017 | 621610 | |
| 2022 | 621610 |
Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Mappings
Insurance Industry Mappings
The US Property and Casualty Insurance Industry may use the following classification descriptions which might encompass national industry 621610, Home Health Care Services:
- ambulatory health care service
- attendant care service pa
- health care and social assistance
- home health aide
- home health care service
- home health care service nfp
- home health care service nonprofit
- home infusion therapist
- home infusion therapist ca
- home public and traveling health care
- home public and traveling health care nonprofessional employee
- home public and traveling healthcare
- personal care aide
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