UNSPSC 85802243: Packing of right inguinal region using packing material

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a placement intervention or procedure to packing of right inguinal region using packing material. 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 2W46X5Z

UNSPSC 85802243 Packing of right inguinal region using packing material is a Commodity code with virtually no recent state and local procurement activity tied to its nominal scope. The code's technical medical description—a surgical or post-operative packing procedure for a specific anatomical region—does not align with the opportunities posted under this code in the recent record. Instead, state and local buyers tagging this code are soliciting clinical laboratory services, occupational health examinations, drug and alcohol testing, pharmacy services, medical director services, and inmate healthcare—none of which involve inguinal packing procedures or materials. The mismatch between the code's stated scope and actual buying activity suggests either systematic miscoding of opportunities or that the code is being used as a catch-all placeholder for medical and laboratory services that should be classified elsewhere in the UNSPSC taxonomy.

The issuing bodies spanning recent opportunities include state health and human services agencies (Illinois Department of Human Services, Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, Commonwealth of Kentucky Department of Veterans Affairs), county health and corrections departments (Hillsborough County, Harris County, Muscogee County), city and county procurement offices, independent school districts, and fire departments across the United States. A concentration of activity appears in Texas, Kentucky, Michigan, Florida, Georgia, and Illinois, with scattered opportunities in Colorado, Nevada, Oregon, and the District of Columbia. Representative recent solicitations include the Illinois Department of Human Services' clinical laboratory services IFB (due August 4, 2026), the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's lead sample analysis RFP (due July 31, 2026), the Commonwealth of Kentucky Department of Veterans Affairs' medical laboratory services RFPs across multiple veterans centers (due April–June 2026), and the Hillsborough County Fire Rescue occupational wellness examinations ITB (due July 21, 2026, valued at $2,480,940 over three years). The code as currently applied does not represent a coherent procurement category and shows no genuine demand for the commodity its number nominally describes.