NAICS 62151

What is the NAICS code 62151?

The NAICS code 62151 is applied to those industries related to Medical and Diagnostic Laboratories.

This industry comprises establishments known as medical and diagnostic laboratories primarily engaged in providing analytic or diagnostic services, including body fluid analysis and diagnostic imaging, generally to the medical profession or to the patient on referral from a health practitioner.

Illustrative examples:

• Dental or medical X-ray laboratories
• Medical pathology laboratories
• Diagnostic imaging centers
• Medical testing laboratories
• Medical forensic laboratories

Therefore, all companies engaged in any industrial activity related to this type of business are grouped under category 62151 in the North American Industry Classification System.

This industrial activity of NAICS code is structured as follows:

• 62 - Health Care and Social Assistance
• 621 - Ambulatory Health Care Services
• 6215 - Medical and Diagnostic Laboratories
• 62151 - Medical and Diagnostic Laboratories

Characteristics of the North American Industry Classification System code 62151

NAFTA

This NAICS code is used in the trilateral agreement of the three members of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA): United States, Canada, and Mexico.

Related codes

The NAICS industry 62151 has the following cross-references:

• Establishments primarily engaged in providing health screening or physical fitness evaluation services (except by offices of health practitioners) are classified in Industry 62199, All Other Ambulatory Health Care Services.
• Establishments, such as dental, optical, and orthopedic laboratories, primarily engaged in providing the following activities to the medical profession, respectively: making dentures, artificial teeth, and orthodontic appliances to prescription; grinding lenses to prescription making orthopedic or prosthetic appliances to prescription are classified in Industry 33911, Medical Equipment and Supplies Manufacturing.

Related activities

Below are some of the most common types of activities in the Medical and Diagnostic Laboratories industry (NAICS Code 62151).

• Bacteriological laboratories, diagnostic
• Bacteriological laboratories, medical
• Biological laboratories, diagnostic
• Blood analysis laboratories
• Cytology health laboratories
• DNA testing laboratories
• Forensic laboratories, medical
• Genetic testing laboratories
• Laboratories, medical (except radiological, X-ray)
• Laboratory testing services, medical (except radiological, X-ray)
• Medical laboratories (except radiological, X-ray)
• Medical pathology laboratories
• Mycology health laboratories
• Parasitology health laboratories
• Pathological analysis laboratories
• Pathology laboratories, medical
• Testing laboratories, medical
• Toxicology health laboratories
• Urinalysis laboratories