UNSPSC 85802036: Traction of right toe using traction apparatus

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a placement intervention or procedure to traction of right toe 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 2W6UX0Z

UNSPSC 85802036 Traction of right toe using traction apparatus (Commodity) shows little recent activity aligned with its nominal scope. The code appears primarily tagged to medical and clinical laboratory testing services that state and local governments are actively procuring, not orthopedic traction equipment or related apparatus. Recent opportunities solicited under this code span clinical laboratory testing (routine and STAT chemistry, hematology, microbiology, drug screening, and specialized diagnostics), occupational health and medical surveillance examinations, postmortem testing, and specialized services such as lead analysis, Hantavirus testing, and wastewater pathogen surveillance. The mismatch between the code's stated scope (orthopedic traction apparatus) and the work actually being bought suggests either a classification error in the sourcing data or that the code is being used as a catch-all for medical laboratory and clinical testing services across state and local health departments, veterans affairs facilities, correction departments, school districts, and county health agencies. The mix of issuing bodies is broad—state health departments, state departments of veterans affairs, county health systems, county medical examiners' offices, independent school districts, fire departments, and specialized facilities such as psychiatric hospitals and veterans centers. Repeat solicitors include the Commonwealth of Kentucky Department of Veterans Affairs, which has posted multiple RFPs for laboratory services across its four long-term care veterans facilities (Bowling Green, Thomson-Hood, Western Kentucky, and Carl M. Brashear Veterans Centers), and the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, which has issued parallel lead sample analysis RFPs.

Geographic spread of recent activity centers on Texas, Kentucky, Illinois, Florida, Michigan, Colorado, and Georgia. Texas dominates with multiple procurements: lead sample analysis (HHS0017054 and HHS0017054V2), wastewater surveillance testing (HHS0016848), statewide drug and alcohol testing (304T-26-952M1), and occupational health services (City of Austin mobile medical surveillance RFQS1100DCM4010). Kentucky Department of Veterans Affairs has issued four separate laboratory services RFPs across its facilities between April and June 2026 (RFPs 074 2600000383, 074 2600000394, 074 2600000402, and 074 2600000448, with due dates ranging from April 22 to May 28). Representative recent opportunities include the Illinois Department of Human Services' IFB for clinical laboratory services at 14 mental health and developmental disability facilities statewide (due August 4, 2026, with 7% BEP set-aside); the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's lead sample analysis IFB requiring EPA-recognized NLLAP accreditation (due July 31, 2026, with 26% HUB subcontracting requirement); the Harris Center for Mental Health and IDD's RFP for agency-wide clinical laboratory services in Houston spanning four phlebotomy clinic locations and eight additional facilities (due June 17, 2026); and the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services' RFP for laboratory services at five in-patient psychiatric hospitals (due June 19, 2026, with technical scoring threshold of 80 points minimum). The code shows sustained procurement activity but warrants clarification on whether suppliers should reference the nominal UNSPSC description or rely on the clinical laboratory testing services definition reflected in recent competitive solicitations.