UNSPSC 85801864: Removal of packing material on right upper leg

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a placement intervention or procedure to removal of packing material on right upper leg. 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 2W5NX5Z

UNSPSC 85801864 Removal of packing material on right upper leg, a Commodity code, shows little relevant recent activity aligned with its stated scope. The code's nominal description—removal of surgical packing from a postoperative limb site—does not match the work actually being solicited by state and local issuers in the available opportunities. Instead, state and local procurement offices are tagging a broad range of laboratory, medical, and occupational health services under this code, including clinical pathology testing, drug screening, occupational wellness examinations, postmortem analysis, pharmaceutical benefit management, and inmate medical services. This mismatch suggests the code is either misapplied in the state-local sourcing systems or serves as a catch-all for specialized medical and diagnostic work that does not fit neatly into other taxonomy categories.

The recent opportunities span multiple issuing bodies and jurisdictions with no concentration among repeat buyers. Illinois Department of Human Services, Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, Kentucky Department of Veterans Affairs, Colorado Department of Human Services, and numerous counties and school districts have posted solicitations—a fragmented buyer base across clinical lab testing (Illinois, Texas, Michigan, Colorado), occupational health screening (Texas, Oregon, Georgia, Florida), and medical surveillance (Austin, Oregon). Most recent activity clusters in the South and Midwest (Texas, Illinois, Michigan, Kentucky, Florida, Georgia), with secondary activity in the Pacific Northwest (Oregon, Nevada) and mid-Atlantic (Washington, D.C.). Representative recent opportunities include the Illinois Department of Human Services' IFB for clinical laboratory services at 14 mental health facilities statewide (due August 4, 2026), the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB for EPA-recognized lead sample analysis with HUB subcontracting requirements (due July 31, 2026), Michigan Department of Health and Human Services' RFP for psychiatric hospital laboratory services across five in-patient facilities (due June 19, 2026), and multiple Kentucky Department of Veterans Affairs RFPs for medical laboratory services at skilled nursing facilities. None of these solicitations align with postoperative wound packing removal; the code assignment appears to be a data integrity issue rather than a genuine category for state-local procurement.