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Class 🏥 Q Human Health and Social Work

86.95 — Physiotherapy Activities

86.95
Class
Physiotherapy activities
SDMX: R8695
Class Level
4 Depth
0 Children
7 Siblings
📋 Official Classification Notes

✓ Includes

This class includes therapies provided by independent professionals to improve mobility, restore function or reduce pain. The therapies provided include physiotherapy, and so on.

+ Also Includes

This class also includes: - activities of medical massage therapists - activities of ergotherapists - activities of occupational therapists

✗ Excludes

This class excludes: - activities of osteopaths, see 86.96 - activities of chiropractors, see 86.96 - body treatment techniques (e.g. shiatsu, Thai massage, Watsu, tui na qigong), see 86.99 - activities of massage salons for non-medical massage, see 96.23

Frequently Confused With

86.96
Traditional, complementary and alternative medicine activities
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 86.96
Traditional, complementary and alternative medicine activities
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 86.99
Other human health activities n.e.c.
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 96.23
Day spa, sauna and steam bath activities
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Who is this code for?

Verified: SEMANTIC_SECTION_MATRIX

Medical practitioners

SOC 2020:2211
Common titles: Doctor, GP, Physician
SOC 2020 Official Source ISCO-08: 2211

Nurses

SOC 2020:2231
Common titles: Nurse, Staff nurse
SOC 2020 Official Source ISCO-08: 2221

Care workers and home helpers

SOC 2020:6131
Common titles: Carer, Support worker
SOC 2020 Official Source ISCO-08: 5322

Related Occupations

Health services and public health managers and directorsVeterinary nurses

Evidence: Representative SOC 2020 occupations for SIC Section Q (Physiotherapy activities).

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Data source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) — UK SIC 2026
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