8694 Nursing and midwifery activities

This subcategory includes services provided by paramedical practitioners and health professionals, other than medical doctors:

• services in the field of nursing care (without admission), advice and prevention for patients at home, the provision of maternity care, children's hygiene etc. Nursing services include management of symptoms, such as relieving pain and other symptoms, administering medication and dressing wounds.

This subcategory also includes:

• personal care services providing help with activities of daily living such as eating, bathing, washing, dressing, getting in and out of bed, getting to and from the toilet and managing incontinence, administered directly by or under the supervision of nursing staff (a minimum level of such supervision should consist of basic introductory training and occasional visits or consultations by qualified nursing staff)
• palliative nursing care services for outpatients

This subcategory excludes:

• residential nursing care facility services, see 87.10.00
• social care services, that are provided to persons with health problems and functional limitations or impairments, where the primary purpose is social and leisure and to enable independent living and interaction with the environment, see 88.10.0
• personal care services not administered directly by or under the supervision of nursing staff, for instance provided as live-in home care services. These personal care services cover providing help with activities of daily living such as eating, bathing, washing, dressing, getting in and out of bed, getting to and from the toilet and managing incontinence, see 88.10.0
• combined support services at home related to daily living covering a range of domestic support services, such as help in cleaning, washing, shopping etc., see 96.91.00

This subcategory includes services provided by authorised persons, other than medical doctors:

• supervision services during pregnancy and childbirth
• supervision of the mother after birth
• family planning services involving medical treatment

This subcategory excludes:

• maternity ward services to inpatients in hospitals, under the direct supervision of medical doctors, see 86.10.02