Orthopaedic appliances, including crutches, surgical belts and trusses, splints and other fracture appliances, artificial parts of the body, hearing aids and other appliances which are worn or carried, or implanted in the body, to compensate for a defect or disability. Chapter 90: Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision.
The rate depends on what the goods are: the notification gives a different rate to different descriptions. Match your goods to a description in the table below. In force on 7 Nov 2026.
Each row is an entry of a CBIC rate notification that names this heading, a code inside it or its whole chapter, in the notification's own words. Goods take the rate of the entry whose description fits them. GST is CGST plus SGST (or UTGST) in equal halves on a sale within a State, or IGST at the full rate on a sale between States.
| GST | Tariff entry | Description of goods, and source |
|---|---|---|
| 5%2.5% + 2.5% | 9021 | Orthopaedic appliances, such as crutches, surgical belts, and trusses; Splints and other fracture appliances; artificial parts of the body; other appliances which are worn or carried, or implanted in the body, to compensate for a defect or disability; intraocular lens [other than hearing aids] Notification 9/2025-CT(R), Schedule I, S.No. 486 |
| Nil | 9021 | Hearing aids Notification 10/2025-CT(R), S.No. 160 |
| Entries for the whole of Chapter 90 (they apply where the description fits) | ||
| 5%2.5% + 2.5% | 90 | Coronary stents and coronary stent systems for use with cardiac catheters Notification 9/2025-CT(R), Schedule I, S.No. 473 |
| 5%2.5% + 2.5% | 90 or any other Chapter | Artificial kidney Notification 9/2025-CT(R), Schedule I, S.No. 474 |
| 5%2.5% + 2.5% | 90 or any other Chapter | Blood glucose monitoring system (Glucometer) and test strips Notification 9/2025-CT(R), Schedule I, S.No. 475 |
| 5%2.5% + 2.5% | 90 or any other Chapter | Patent Ductus Arteriosus / Atrial Septal Defect occlusion device Notification 9/2025-CT(R), Schedule I, S.No. 476 |
| 5%2.5% + 2.5% | 90 or any other Chapter | Parts of the following goods, namely: - (i) Crutches; (ii) Wheel chairs; (iii)Walking frames; (iv)Tricycles; (v)Braillers; and (vi) Artificial limbs Notification 9/2025-CT(R), Schedule I, S.No. 477 |
| 5%2.5% + 2.5% | 90 or any other Chapter | Assistive devices, rehabilitation aids and other goods for disabled, specified in List 1 appended to this Schedule List 1 appended to Schedule I (see S.No. 478) (22)
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| 5%2.5% + 2.5% | 90 or 84 | Disposable sterilized dialyzer or micro barrier of artificial kidney Notification 9/2025-CT(R), Schedule I, S.No. 479 |
| Goods of this heading that fit none of the descriptions above | ||
| 18%9% + 9% | Any Chapter | Goods which are not specified in Schedule I, III, IV, V, VI or VIINotification 9/2025-CT(R), Schedule II, S.No. 639 (the residual entry). A few entries cover goods of any chapter by description, such as puja samagri, rakhi or biomass briquettes; see the list on the finder. |
Every 6- and 8-digit code of heading 9021 in the GSTN HSN master (17 codes), in GSTN's wording. Where a rate entry names a code more exactly than the heading, its rate is shown beside the code.
| Code | Description (GSTN master) | Entry for this code | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9021 10 | ORTHOPEAEDIC OR FRACTURE APPLIANCES | – | |
| 9021 10 00 | ORTHOPEAEDIC OR FRACTURE APPLIANCES | – | Save |
| 9021 21 | ARTIFICIAL TEETH | – | |
| 9021 21 00 | ARTIFICIAL TEETH | – | Save |
| 9021 29 | OTHER | – | |
| 9021 29 00 | OTHER | – | Save |
| 9021 31 | ARTIFICIAL JOINTS | – | |
| 9021 31 00 | ARTIFICIAL JOINTS | – | Save |
| 9021 39 | OTHER | – | |
| 9021 39 00 | OTHER | – | Save |
| 9021 40 | HEARING AIDS, EXCLUDING PARTS AND ACCESSORIES: | – | |
| 9021 40 10 | FREQUENCY MODULATED HEARING AID SYSTEM USED FOR HEARING BY HANDICAPPED PERSONS IN GROUP SITUATION | – | Save |
| 9021 40 90 | OTHER | – | Save |
| 9021 50 00 | PACEMAKERS FOR STIMULATING HEART MUSCLES, EXCLUDING PARTS AND ACCESSORIES | – | Save |
| 9021 90 | OTHER : | – | |
| 9021 90 10 | PARTS AND ACCESSORIES OF HEARING AIDS | – | Save |
| 9021 90 90 | OTHER | – | Save |
Put the code in the HSN column of the tax invoice. Notification No. 78/2020-Central Tax sets the minimum digits by aggregate turnover in the previous financial year: 4 digits (9021) up to ₹5 crore, which may be left off invoices to unregistered buyers, and 6 digits (from the table above) above ₹5 crore. Where the table shows more than one rate, charge the rate of the entry whose description fits the goods sold.
