UNSPSC 51173211: Carboxymethylcellulose/docusate/phenolphthalein

This classification denotes a combination drug defined by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in its (VA's) National Drug File (NDF), which falls under VA Drug Class GA209. This VA Drug Class (GA209) classifies this compound as belonging to the group LAXATIVES, OTHER.

UNSPSC 51173211 Carboxymethylcellulose/docusate/phenolphthalein is a Commodity code with no meaningful recent state and local procurement activity aligned to its nominal scope. The single recent opportunity posted under this code—Collin County Community Supervision and Corrections Department's RFP 2026-327 for offender specimen collection and drug testing services—concerns laboratory testing infrastructure, staffing, and analytical chemistry services rather than the pharmaceutical laxative agents the code describes. The mismatch between the code's taxonomy definition and the actual work being procured suggests either a data-entry error in the county's opportunity posting or a fundamental misalignment in how the jurisdiction classified the requirement.

Given this disconnect, the code does not present a reliable signal for business development targeting state and local pharmaceutical procurement. Firms in the carboxymethylcellulose, docusate, or phenolphthalein supply chain should not treat this code as an active procurement category for state or local government. If the intent is to pursue correctional-facility drug testing or offender supervision services, the relevant search should focus on corrections and laboratory-services codes rather than this Commodity.