UNSPSC 85504042: Release right hand artery, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to release right hand artery, open approach. This surgical intervention or procedure is listed in the World Health Organization's International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems or ICD-10 as code 03ND0ZZ

UNSPSC 85504042 Release right hand artery, open approach is a Commodity code that shows little relevant recent state and local procurement activity. The code nominally describes a surgical procedure, but state and local governments do not typically procure surgical procedures themselves as discrete line items; instead, they contract for occupational health services, employee benefits administration, disability evaluation services, or healthcare staffing arrangements that may include such procedures as components within broader service scopes. The recent opportunities tagged to this code reflect this disconnect — they describe independent medical evaluations for pension disability determinations, Centers of Excellence networks for bundled surgical care, occupational medical surveillance, specialty medical services for detained youth, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing. None of these solicitations seeks procurement of the specific procedure named in the code. The issuing bodies span multiple jurisdiction types: city retirement boards (Phoenix), municipal health plan administrators (Long Beach), state transportation departments (Washington), county juvenile probation and health systems (Harris County, Santa Clara), and county employee benefits programs (Collier County). This fragmentation and the absence of opportunities directly aligned to the code's nominal scope suggest the code has been misapplied to health services procurement rather than reflecting genuine surgical procedure purchasing.

The geographic spread of recent activity includes Arizona, California, Washington, Texas, and Florida, with no dominant pattern. Representative recent opportunities include the City of Phoenix Retirement Office's RFP for independent medical evaluation services (RTMRFP26001, due October 16, 2026, $750,000 maximum over five years) and the Washington State Department of Transportation's occupational medical surveillance RFP (RFP20260825, due October 9, 2026, with a pre-bid conference on August 31, 2026). Neither opportunity is actually purchasing the release-right-hand-artery procedure. Business development professionals should treat this code as inactive for surgical procedure procurement at the state and local level and verify the correct UNSPSC classification before pursuing health services opportunities in this space.