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PSC Q701: SPECIALIZED MEDICAL SUPPORT — Federal Procurement Code

Q7 - SPECIALIZED TECHNICAL/ MEDICAL SUPPORT L1: Medical

Description

Specialized Medical Support

Includes

Healthcare professionals and programs that do NOT provide direct patient care. This includes but may not be limited to, medical utilization management personnel, medical clinical quality management professionals (for medical credentialing & privileging), health risk management, medical evaluation board personnel, healthcare benefits programs/personnel, health safety programs, patient safety & medical quality program personnel, medical quality assurance programs, medical library, patient advocacy/ liaison programs, medical billing, third party liability, tumor registrar, patient referral management.

Excludes

Any healthcare professional or program that provides direct patient care, whether virtual or in person. The services will be placed in the PSC that best aligns with the care delivery, Occupational and Public Health (Q533)

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 Q701?

1 Use PSC Q701 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.