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Q528

PSC Q528: SOCIAL WORK — Federal Procurement Code

Q5 - MEDICAL, DENTAL, AND SURGICAL SVCS L1: Medical

Description

Social Work

Includes

Licensed Clinical Social Workers, Social Workers in Case Management, and clinical social work for mental and behavioral health treatment and substance abuse treatment.

Excludes

All inpatient and outpatient clinical behavioral and mental health professionals under Q519 Behavioral and Mental Health, which includes Psychiatrists, Clinical Psychologists, Advanced Practice Registered Nurses/Nurse Practitioners (certified in psychiatric/mental health), Certified Drug and Substance Counselor, Marriage and Family Counselor, Psychiatric Technician, Psychometrist, Recreational Therapist, Registered Art Therapist. Nurse Case Managers would use PSC Q401, Nursing. Also excludes Residential Re-Entry and Residential Housing Services (G004)

Suggested adjacent classifications

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

Related NAICS industries

5162
Media Streaming Distribution Services, Social Networks, and Other Media Networks and Content Providers
51621
Media Streaming Distribution Services, Social Networks, and Other Media Networks and Content Providers
516210
Media Streaming Distribution Services, Social Networks, and Other Media Networks and Content Providers
54172
Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities

Related UNSPSC categories

24102006
Work benches
42251805
Work table or station for rehabilitation or therapy
56111902
Industrial work surfaces

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 Q528?

1 Use PSC Q528 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.