UNSPSC 85801064: Change cast on right upper arm

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a placement intervention or procedure to change cast on right upper arm. This placement intervention or procedure is listed in the World Health Organization's International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems or ICD-10 as code 2W0AX2Z

UNSPSC 85801064 Change cast on right upper arm is a Commodity code with minimal decision relevance for state and local procurement activity. The code nominally describes an orthopedic casting product or service, but the recent opportunities tagged under it reveal a fundamental mismatch: recent state and local solicitations filed under this code overwhelmingly procure clinical laboratory services, occupational health examinations, drug and alcohol testing, medical and pharmacy services, and facility support services — not orthopedic casts. The Illinois Department of Human Services' IFB for laboratory services at mental health facilities, the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's lead sample analysis services procurement, the District of Columbia Office of the Chief Medical Examiner's postmortem testing RFQ, and the City of Austin's mobile medical surveillance procurement, among many others, bear no relationship to the code's stated scope. This pattern indicates either systematic miscoding of opportunities in state procurement databases or that the code has been repurposed in practice to capture a much broader medical and laboratory services category than its title suggests.

The issuing bodies represent a diverse cross-section of state agencies, county governments, and special-purpose districts, with the most active buyers including state departments of health and human services (Texas HHSC, Illinois DHS, Kentucky Veterans Affairs), county health systems (Harris Center for Mental Health, Hillsborough County, Brevard County), school districts (Austin ISD, Northside ISD), fire departments, and transit authorities. The geographic spread concentrates heavily in Texas, Kentucky, Illinois, Florida, and Colorado, with additional activity across Oregon, Michigan, Nevada, Georgia, and the District of Columbia. Representative recent opportunities include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's lead sample analysis services RFQ (IFB HHS0017054V2, due July 31, 2026), the Illinois Department of Human Services' clinical laboratory services IFB (26444DHS444OCB52955, due August 4, 2026), and the State of Nevada's statewide clinical laboratory testing RFP (RFP 99SWC-S3830, due July 13, 2026). No pursuit strategy should assume the code accurately reflects actual scope — business development professionals should validate the actual work being solicited against current RFP language rather than relying on UNSPSC category alignment.