Service event—type of assistive product received, (AS/NZS ISO 9999:2011) code NN [NN NN]

Aids for daily living (includes personal hygiene)

Assistive products for personal care and protection

Bath/shower chairs (with and without wheels), bath boards, stools, backrests and seats.

Devices for supporting sitting during bathing or showering

09 33 03

Commode chairs (with or without castors)

Chairs with a built in collection receptacle used for toileting away from the bathroom. Included are e.g. sanichairs and commode chairs also used for showering

09 12 03

Drainage catheters

Disposable tubes temporarily inserted in the bladder to enable urine to drain away

09 24 06

Urine collection bags, body worn

Body worn flexible containers for collecting urine. The bags are used together with a catheter.

09 27 04 (closed)
09 27 05 (open)

Body worn assistive products for absorbing urine and faeces

Single use or reusable nappies, pads, etc

09 30 04

Assistive products for lifting

Mobile hoists with sling seats

Equipment for transferring by lifting and freely moving a person in a sitting, semi-sitting and semi-lying position

The body support unit consists of slings

12 36 03

Standing mobile hoists

Equipment for transferring by lifting a person from a sitting position into an upright standing position; the equipment can be moved around freely

The body support consists of slings, a footrest and leg and/or knee support

12 36 04

Body support units for hoists

Devices for providing support to a person being lifted in a hoist

Included are slings, seats, stretchers and toilet seats for mobile and stationary hoists for the transfer of persons

13 36 21

Ambulant Mobility Aids

Assistive products for walking manipulated by both arms

Walking frames or rollators

Devices with handgrips, with or without wheels and tips and a seat for resting.

12 06 03 (frames)
12 06 06 (rollators)

Communication Aids

Assistive products for communication

Voice generators (Electrolarynx)

Devices for generating air oscillations in the throat, which are transformed into speech by the movement of the soft palate, tongue and mouth

22 09 03

Dialogue units (Communication devices)

Electronic devices that help direct communication.

Included are eg portable and non portable digital electronic displays, paper, recorded and/or synthetic speech output equipment.

22 21 09

Postural support equipment

(primarily used in conjunction with wheeled mobility aids and daily living aids)

Sitting furniture (postural support seating)

Seats, seating systems and abduction blocks

Seats and accessories which correct and/or maintain a stable sitting position

Included are eg individually shaped seats

Excluded are seat cushions and underlays

18 09 31

Assistive products for positioning (mounting systems)

Devices for positioning objects close to the person to enable easy reach

Included are e.g. trays, tables, switch and device mounting systems

24 24

Backrests

Backrests and accessories providing comfort and support

18 09 34

Modular seating systems

Seating systems based on a framework to which may be attached selected seat modules, the position of which may then be adjusted to achieve a particular seat configuration

18 09 39

Seat cushions

Cushions for comfort and support

18 09 42

Back cushions and back pads

Cushions and pads for comfort and support

18 09 45

Lap trays

Devices on which activities can be carried out or on which objects can be placed, while sitting in a wheelchair

12 24 15

Pressure management equipment

Assistive products for pressure sore prevention

Seat cushions and underlays for pressure sore prevention

Devices for reducing the pressure, and redistributing the load, on vulnerable parts of the body

04 33 03

Back cushions and back pads for pressure sore prevention

Devices for reducing the pressure, and redistributing the load, on vulnerable parts of the back

04 33 04

Mattresses and mattress coverings for pressure sore prevention

Devices for reducing the pressure on vulnerable parts of the body

04 33 06

Wheeled mobility aids

Assistive products for personal mobility

Human driven wheelchairs (manual wheelchairs)

Devices providing wheeled mobility and body support for persons with limited ability to walk, which rely on a user or an attendant to provide power for the operation

12 22

Powered wheelchairs

Devices with powered propulsion, intended to provide wheeled mobility and body support for persons with limited ability to walk

12 23

Home Modifications

Adaptations to homes and other premises

Grab rails and hand grips

Fixed rails to provide support whilst changing position

18 18 06

Step rails

Fixed rails to provide support whilst ascending/descending stairs

18 18 03*

Fixed and/or portable ramps

Fixed and/or movable sloping surfaces which bridge a limited gap between two levels

18 30 15 (fixed)
18 30 18 (portable)

Minor home modifications

E.g. re-swing doors, half steps, false steps, door handles, shower platforms

18 24*
18 30*