Medical Services and Health Practitioners (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Merchant category for Medical Services and Health Practitioners (Not Elsewhere Classified), listed in the cited Visa and Mastercard material. See the code page for scheme-specific wording and evidence status.
Assignment guidance
When MCC 8099 should be used
When the merchant's primary business matches Medical Services and Health Practitioners (Not Elsewhere Classified) under the applicable scheme rules.
After confirming the current scheme, region, programme, and acquirer requirements.
Boundary guidance
When MCC 8099 should not be used
When another, more specific MCC better describes the merchant's primary business.
Based on the code title alone without checking current scheme and regional requirements.
Scheme comparison
Names and evidence status
Absence from public material is not treated as proof that a scheme does not use the MCC.
Scheme-specific wording and evidence status for MCC 8099
Scheme
Evidence
Scheme wording
Comparison
Visa
Official
Medical Services and Health Practitioners (Not Elsewhere Classified)Global Visa merchant-data manual, April 2026, PDF page 106.
Aligned wording
Mastercard
Official
Health Practitioners, Medical Services: not elsewhere classifiedMastercard Merchant Edition reference, 16 April 2024, PDF page 212.
Different wording
American Express
Publicly not found
No current public definition locatedThe complete American Express Codes Reference Guide is not public. This is not evidence that the MCC is unsupported.
Not available
Discover / Diners Club
Publicly not found
No current public definition locatedNo complete current public Discover / Diners Club MCC catalogue was located. This is not evidence that the MCC is unsupported.
Not available
UnionPay
Not reviewed
No global definition reviewedThe official material reviewed so far is limited to EEA fee appendices and is not a global definition catalogue.
SchemeLens descriptions and use boundaries are editorial summaries of the cited material. Final MCC assignment depends on the merchant's primary business, current scheme rules, region, programme, and acquirer requirements.