Analysis
NAICS 621999 is the 2022 national industry for all other miscellaneous ambulatory health care services, part of 62199 (All Other Ambulatory Health Care Services). Census lists 12 example activities under it in the official index.
Between 2018 and 2023 the number of establishments grew 97% and employment rose 55%. The 2018 count used NAICS 2017, so part of a large move can come from codes being redefined rather than from businesses opening or closing.
By establishments it ranks 1st of the 2 codes at this level within All Other Ambulatory Health Care Services, with 81.9% of them.
Census lists 8 related activities that belong elsewhere, most often in 62111, 621210, 6213 and 6214. Businesses that do several things are classified by their primary activity, the one that generates the most value, so check those boundaries before settling on this code.
County Business Patterns counts 9,527 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 117,066 people at an average annual payroll of $69,435 per employee (51st percentile of national industries). 61% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which marks it as a small-business industry.
Its index entries, the activities Census uses to assign businesses to this code, include blood pressure screening facilities, blood pressure screening services, employee drug testing services and head lice removal services (except by offices of health…, among 12 in all.
Official definition
This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing ambulatory health care services (except offices of physicians, dentists, and other health practitioners; outpatient care centers; medical and diagnostic laboratories; home health care providers; ambulances; and blood and organ banks).
Illustrative Examples:
Health screening services (except by offices of health practitioners) Physical fitness evaluation services (except by offices of health practitioners) Hearing testing services (except by offices of audiologists) Smoking cessation programs Pacemaker monitoring services
Source: US Census Bureau, NAICS 2022 Manual.
Not this code if…
| The business mainly does | Use instead |
|---|---|
| The independent practice of medicine | 62111 Offices of Physicians |
| The independent practice of dentistry | 621210 Offices of Dentists |
| The independent practice of health care (except offices of physicians and dentists) | 6213 Offices of Other Health Practitioners |
| Providing general or specialized outpatient care services | 6214 Outpatient Care Centers |
| Providing home health care services | 621610 Home Health Care Services |
| The transportation of patients by ground or air, along with medical care | 621910 Ambulance Services |
| Establishments known as medical and diagnostic laboratories primarily engaged in providing analytic or diagnostic services | 62151 Medical and Diagnostic Laboratories |
| Blood and organ banks | 621991 Blood and Organ Banks |
Index entries (12)
- Blood pressure screening facilities
- Blood pressure screening services
- Employee drug testing services
- Head lice removal services (except by offices of health practitioners)
- Health screening services (except by offices of health practitioners)
- Hearing testing services (except by offices of audiologists)
- Medical care management services
- Medical case management services
- Pacemaker monitoring services
- Physical fitness evaluation services (except by offices of health practitioners)
- Smoking cessation programs
- Stop smoking clinics