8610 Hospital activities

NOGA 2025
- R HUMAN HEALTH AND SOCIAL WORK ACTIVITIES
  - 86 Human health activities
    - 861 Hospital activities
      - 8610 Hospital activities
        
        861001 General care hospitals
        
        861002 Special clinics

This class includes activities for human health, performed by hospitals, legally recognised to treat patients.

This class includes:

short- or long-term provision of medical, diagnostic and treatment services, including physician, nursing and other health services to inpatients and the specialised accommodation services required by inpatients, as provided by general hospitals and specialised hospitals (e.g. community and regional hospitals, hospitals of non-profit organisations, university hospitals, military and prison hospitals)

The activities are chiefly directed to inpatients, are carried out under the direct supervision of medical doctors and include:

activities of medical and paramedical staff
activities of laboratory and technical facilities, including radiologic and anaesthesiologic activities
emergency room activities
provision of operating room services, pharmacy services, food and other hospital services
activities of family planning centres providing medical treatment (e.g. sterilisation, termination of pregnancy), with accommodation

This class also includes:

activities of mental health or psychiatric hospitals, providing diagnostic and medical treatment

This class excludes:

laboratory testing and inspection of all types of materials and products, except medical laboratory testing, see 712000
veterinary activities, see 750000
health activities for military personnel in the field, see 842201
private consultants’ services to inpatients, see 862
dental practice activities of a general or specialised nature (e.g. dentistry, endodontic and paediatric dentistry) ; oral pathology, orthodontic activities, see 862300
diagnostic imaging services and medical laboratory activities, not part of hospital activities, see 869101
patient transport by ambulance, see 869200

86.10.0 Hospital services
This category includes:
- short- or long-term hospital services, i.e. medical, diagnostic and treatment services, including physician, nursing and other health services to inpatients and the specialised accommodation services required by inpatients, by general hospitals (e.g. community and regional hospitals, hospitals of non-profit organisations, university hospitals, military-base and prison hospitals) and specialised hospitals (e.g. mental health and substance abuse hospitals, hospitals for infectious diseases, maternity hospitals, specialised sanatoriums) The services are chiefly directed to inpatients and are carried out under the direct supervision of medical doctors:
- medical and paramedical services
- laboratory and technical services
- emergency room, operating room etc. services
This category excludes:
- services delivered by hospital outpatient clinics, see 86.21.00 , 86.22.0
- residential care services of mental health and substance abuse illness with the emphasis on care and counselling rather than on medical treatment, see 87.20.0
86.10.01 Hospital surgical services
This subcategory includes:
- surgical services delivered under the direction of medical doctors to inpatients, aimed at curing, restoring and/or maintaining the health of a patient, including pharmaceutical, nursing, laboratory and technical services delivered as part of the hospital surgical services
This subcategory also includes:
- dental surgery provided as an inpatient service
This subcategory excludes:
- outpatient dental surgery in hospitals, see 86.23.01
86.10.02 Hospital gynaecological and obstetrical services
This subcategory includes:
- gynaecological and obstetrical services delivered under the direction of medical doctors to inpatients, aimed at curing, restoring and/or maintaining the health of a patient, including pharmaceutical, nursing, laboratory and technical services delivered as part of the hospital gynaecological and obstetrical services
This subcategory also includes:
- family planning services, including medical treatment such as sterilisation and termination of pregnancy, with accommodation
This subcategory excludes:
- services of family planning centres providing medical treatment (e.g. sterilisation, termination of pregnancy), without accommodation, see 86.22.02
- gynaecological and obstetrical services delivered by independent midwives, whether in day care or in a hospital, see 86.94.02
86.10.03 Hospital rehabilitation services
This subcategory includes:
- rehabilitation services delivered under the direction of medical doctors to inpatients, aimed at curing, restoring and/or maintaining the health of a patient. Rehabilitation services are intended to enable people with functional limitations to reach and maintain optimal physical, sensory, intellectual, psychological and/or social function. They may include physical, psychological, speech, and occupational therapy services as well as support services like pharmaceutical, nursing, laboratory and technical services delivered as part of the hospital rehabilitation services.
86.10.04 Hospital psychiatric services
This subcategory includes:
- psychiatric services delivered under the direction of medical doctors to inpatients, aimed at curing, restoring and/or maintaining the health of a patient, including pharmaceutical, nursing, laboratory and technical services delivered as part of the hospital psychiatric services
This subcategory excludes:
- residential care services of mental health and substance abuse illness with the emphasis on care and counselling rather than on medical treatment, see 87.20.0
86.10.05 Other hospital services provided by medical doctors
This subcategory includes:
- other hospital services provided by medical doctors to inpatients, aimed at curing, restoring and/or maintaining the health of a patient
This subcategory excludes:
- health services for military personnel in the field, see 84.22.01
- private consultants' services to inpatients, see 86.2
- dental services, see 86.23.0
86.10.06 Other hospital services
This subcategory includes:
- other hospital services delivered under the direction of medical doctors to inpatients, aimed at curing, restoring and/or maintaining the health of a patient, not mentioned elsewhere, such as:
- intensive care services in a specially designated intensive care unit of a hospital, including extensive medical and continuous care and treatment services provided for acutely ill patients,
- radiotherapy services by means of ionising radiation, including services of inserting radioactive elements directly into tissue or into a natural body cavity,
- chemotherapy services for the treatment of disease using chemical agents or drugs that are selectively toxic,
- dialysis services for removing metabolic waste products or toxic substances from the bloodstream by dialysis
This subcategory excludes:
- laboratory testing and inspection services for all types of materials and products, except medical, see 71.20.0
- veterinary services, see 75.00.0
- medical laboratory testing services, not part of hospital services, see 86.91.02
- ambulance services, see 86.92.00