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PSC Q401: MEDICAL- NURSING — Federal Procurement Code

Q4 - NURSING, NURSING HOME, EVAL/SCREEN L1: Medical

Description

Nursing

Includes

Registered nurses (RNs), all specialities, that provide direct care to patients (synchronous and asynchronous). This includes RN Case Management, RN Surgical Case Reviewer, Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurses (LPN/LVN), LPN/LVN Case Management, Medical Assistant, Nursing Assistant, Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRN {NP}), in all sub-specialties, and Clinical Nurse Specialists (also APRNs) in all sub-specialities.

Excludes

RN’s/LPN’s/LVN’s that work in a support position with no patient care. These positions include, RN/LPN/LVN Utilization Management, RN Medical Board Liaison, RN/LPN/LVN in Referral Management (all of these would use PSC Q701, Specialized Medical Support). Psychiatric Technician (use PSC Q519 Behavioral & Mental health), Emergency Medical Technicians and Paramedics (use PSC Q529, Emergency Medicine Services). With these changes to includes and excludes, all Federal Agencies DoD, VA, HHS, and other Department/Agencies will be able to better clarify spend visibility and supplementary guidance.

Suggested adjacent classifications

PSC codes describe what the government buys. These related classifications help connect procurement codes to industries, commodities, and trade workflows.

Official data

Feature Description
Official name Product Service Codes (PSC)
Maintained by U.S. federal acquisition community / GSA PSC Manual
Purpose Classifies what the government buys: products and services
Primary use Federal procurement reporting, contract categorization, spend analysis
Code type Mixed/unspecified

When do you need PSC Q401?

1 Use PSC Q401 when identifying the product or service category on a U.S. federal contract.
2 Use it when filtering opportunities or spending data in SAM.gov, FPDS, or USASpending.
3 Use it when comparing a procurement category against related NAICS industries or UNSPSC commodities.
4 Use it when a contracting workflow needs the purchased item classification rather than the supplier industry code.