UNSPSC 42182109: Stethoscope head diaphragms

In this classification, this commodity indicates a product that is the diaphragm inside the head portion of a stethoscope used in a medical setting. Most nations, for tariff and trade purposes, schedule these products under HS 901890.

UNSPSC 42182109 Stethoscope head diaphragms is a Commodity code, but recent state and local procurement activity tagged under it does not reflect the medical device scope the code nominally describes. The available recent opportunities include sprinkler-head replacement for a county jail, cooperative-purchasing medical-supplies frameworks, and law enforcement equipment procurement — none of which involve stethoscope components. The mismatch suggests either tagging error on the part of posting jurisdictions or that the code is used inconsistently in state and local procurement systems to flag unrelated facility or equipment work. No concrete demand for stethoscope diaphragms or related diagnostic equipment emerges from the recent-opportunities record.

The issuing bodies in the tagged opportunities span county government (Collin County, Texas), state-level cooperative purchasing consortia (NASPO ValuePoint administered through Idaho and South Dakota), and a multi-state local government service cooperative (Sourcewell, a Minnesota entity operating under Washington state intergovernmental-cooperation law). Geographic activity appears concentrated in Texas, Idaho, South Dakota, and the Pacific Northwest, with Sourcewell's offering extended nationally. The only clearly scoped opportunity is Collin County's IFB 2026-389 for sprinkler-head replacement in the Collin County Jail, with bids due November 19, 2026 at 2:00 p.m. and an estimated cost of $150,000. Absent a correction to the UNSPSC code assignments at the source, pursuit under this code would require clarification from issuing bodies about whether stethoscope-related medical supplies are actually sought or whether the tagging represents a system or process error.