UNSPSC 85140000: Alternative and holistic medicine

In this classification, this family is composed of those entities with the breadth and depth of services to be active as an alternative or holistic medicine service

UNSPSC 85140000 Alternative and holistic medicine, a Family code, does not align with the recent state and local procurement activity tagged under it. The source records show no active opportunities for acupuncture, herbal remedies, naturopathy, chiropractic services, or other traditional alternative medicine modalities. Instead, the recent solicitations span telehealth urgent care, actuarial consulting, psychiatric nursing, biohazard waste disposal, rapid rehousing, EMT staffing, counseling services, medical director roles, podiatry, dietitian services, and youth behavioral health programming—all conventional clinical and administrative health services falling outside the scope of alternative or holistic medicine practice.

State and local governments are not actively procuring under this code at present. The code's nominal scope does not match what issuing bodies are actually buying in the opportunities posted. If your firm pursues alternative medicine contracting with state and local bodies, monitor state licensing boards and health department RFPs for complementary and integrative medicine initiatives, but do not rely on UNSPSC 85140000 as a reliable signal for procurement activity in that space.