UNSPSC 85802509: Change urethra packing material

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a placement intervention or procedure to change urethra 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 2Y05X5Z

UNSPSC 85802509 Change urethra packing material is a Commodity code that state and local governments use to classify medical diagnostic and laboratory testing services, despite the code's nominal designation. Recent state and local opportunities solicited under this code reflect a substantial mismatch: the code itself appears designed for a discrete medical consumable, yet the opportunities actually posted show clinical laboratory testing, occupational health examinations, drug screening, postmortem testing, and inmate medical services. State and local issuing bodies include departments of human services, health services, and veterans affairs; county public health and correctional offices; school districts; and independent medical examiner's offices. The mix spans state-level procurements (Illinois Department of Human Services, Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Kentucky Department of Veterans Affairs, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services), county governments (Hillsborough County, Harris County, Brevard County, Collier County), cities (Austin, Palm Bay), fire departments (Henry County, Trophy Club), school districts (Austin ISD, Northside ISD, Schertz-Cibolo-Universal City ISD), and specialized agencies (Colorado Department of Human Services, District of Columbia Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, Oregon State Police, Texas Animal Health Commission). The code sees the most recent and densest activity in Texas, Kentucky, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Michigan, and Colorado, with scattered opportunities in Nevada, Oregon, and the District of Columbia.

Representative recent opportunities illustrate the scope mismatch. The Illinois Department of Human Services issued IFB B-52955 (posted July 14, 2026, due August 4, 2026) for comprehensive laboratory testing services across 14 mental health and developmental disability facilities statewide, requiring CLIA certification and Medicare reimbursement-based pricing with a 7% Business Enterprise Program subcontracting goal. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission issued IFB HHS0017054V2 (posted July 10, 2026, due July 31, 2026) for EPA-recognized lead sample analysis services across environmental media, requiring NLLAP accreditation and same-day result delivery with a 26% HUB subcontracting goal. Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners solicited ITB-26-00315 (posted June 29, 2026, due July 21, 2026) for comprehensive occupational wellness examinations for 1,300 firefighters at an estimated contract value of $2,480,940 over three years, requiring NFPA 1500 and 1582 compliance. The Commonwealth of Kentucky Department of Veterans Affairs has issued multiple RFPs for laboratory services at long-term care skilled nursing facilities, including RFP 074 for Bowling Green Veterans Center (posted June 29, 2026, due July 22, 2026) and Thomson-Hood Veterans Center (posted April 2, 2026, due April 22, 2026), each requiring CLIA certification, PointClickCare EHR integration, and Medicare Part B billing. The District of Columbia Office of the Chief Medical Examiner posted RFQ FY26-OCME-RFQ-BPA (posted July 8, 2026, due July 13, 2026) for postmortem testing services under an open-market blanket purchasing agreement with minimal scope detail disclosed. The code appears to be a catch-all taxonomy error or legacy classification; opportunities posted under it are medical services and laboratory testing, not the packing material the code nominally describes, making traditional commodity-level pursuit strategies misaligned with the actual work being procured.