The below items are excluded from the University's tagging and reporting requirements and should be coded 05-40 (Non-Capitalized Equipment) even if they exceed $5,000. Examples follow:
| Air conditioning units (fixed) | Shelving/room panels |
| Glass/plastic products | Drapes |
| Blinds | Fishing nets, trawls |
| Hot water units | Electrodes |
| Capital projects-remodeling (fixed) | Surgical items (misc.) |
| Building items | Tubes, electron |
| Medical items inserted into a body | Flowmeter heads (permanently installed) |
| Carpets | Modular furniture (Except for any individual piece that is greater than $5,000) |
| Rubber products | Seismographs (buried) |
| Animal tags/collars (not recoverable) | Current meters (permanently installed) |