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* |