UNSPSC 85802008: Traction of left lower arm using traction apparatus

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a placement intervention or procedure to traction of left lower arm using traction apparatus. 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 2W6DX0Z

UNSPSC 85802008 Traction of left lower arm using traction apparatus is a Commodity code that describes specialized orthopedic traction equipment—yet the recent state and local opportunities tagged under this code show no alignment with that scope. Instead, the opportunities reflect healthcare staffing, laboratory services, occupational medicine, and related clinical support work across school districts, counties, state health agencies, and regional authorities. The code appears to be a categorization mismatch in the underlying procurement systems; the opportunities themselves span nursing staffing for medically fragile students, clinical laboratory testing, occupational health physicals, drug and alcohol testing, phlebotomy services, mobile medical surveillance, dialysis services, and postmortem testing. Issuing bodies include Hillsborough County Public Schools (Florida), Inland Empire Health Plan (California), Escambia County Corrections (Florida), Kentucky Department of Veteran Affairs, Harris County (Texas), Illinois Department of Human Services, Washington State Department of Transportation, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, Texas Health and Human Services Commission, and numerous city and county health departments across the country.

Geographic activity is concentrated in Florida, Texas, Illinois, California, and Michigan, with secondary activity in Nevada, Colorado, New York, Washington, Kentucky, and the District of Columbia. Representative recent opportunities include Hillsborough County Public Schools' Notice of Intent to Purchase Single/Sole Source for nursing staffing services for medically fragile students (response period November 13–24, 2025), Escambia County Corrections' RFP for comprehensive onsite chronic dialysis services (RFP due November 3, 2026, non-mandatory pre-bid October 9, 2026), Illinois Department of Human Services' IFB for clinical laboratory services supporting 14 mental health and developmental disability facilities (estimated annual value $700,000, BEP participation goal 7 percent, bids due September 9, 2026), Washington State Department of Transportation's RFP for occupational medical surveillance services (proposals due October 9, 2026, pre-bid August 31, 2026), and Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB for lead sample analysis services requiring EPA-recognized NLLAP accreditation (bids due August 21, 2026, estimated annual value not disclosed). The code shows consistent, active procurement across multiple jurisdictions and service modalities, but the mismatch between the nominal UNSPSC descriptor and actual work being bought signals either persistent categorization error in state and local procurement systems or incomplete taxonomy coverage for clinical and occupational health services.