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Q529

PSC Q529: EMERGENCY MEDICINE SERVICES — Federal Procurement Code

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

Description

Emergency Medicine Services

Includes

Emergency Medicine Physicians (both MD’s and DO’s), Emergency Medicine Physician Assistants, Emergency Medical Technician (EMT), Advanced Emergency Medical Technician, Paramedics, purchased Emergency Medical Services (EMS (EMT/Paramedic pre-hospital) and purchased patient care during transport. Emergency Medicine physicians and physician assistants may specialize in various subspecialties however if their primary training is in emergency medicine they will be captured under this PSC, Emergency Medicine Services.

Excludes

Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (all, including ER specialty), Clinical Nurse Specialists, Registered Nurses (all, including ER specialty), Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurses, Nursing/ Medical Assistants (all fall under Q401, Nursing), medical and medical sub-specialty providers/services (Q509 Family & Internal Medicine Services), surgical subspecialty providers/services (Q523 Surgery), pediatric and pediatric sub-specialty providers/services (Q516)

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

3254
Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing
32541
Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing
621493
Freestanding Ambulatory Surgical and Emergency Centers
6242
Community Food and Housing, and Emergency and Other Relief Services

Related UNSPSC categories

25111916
Emergency dye signals
25174101
Emergency vehicle exits
25201901
Aircraft fire control or extinguishing systems
25201902
Aircraft escape or ejection systems

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 Q529?

1 Use PSC Q529 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.