UNSPSC 85504044: Release right radial artery, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to release right radial 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 03NB0ZZ

UNSPSC 85504044 Release right radial artery, open approach is a Commodity code that nominally describes a surgical procedure, but recent state and local procurement activity under this code shows no alignment with the code's stated clinical scope. The code appears to have been applied to healthcare services solicitations covering occupational medical surveillance, disability medical evaluation, pharmacy benefit management, surgery carve-out benefit programs, and temporary health professional staffing — none of which involve radial artery procedures. This mismatch suggests either a classification error in how the opportunities were tagged or that the code is being used as a catch-all for health services contracting that does not fit its clinical definition. The opportunities reflect broad healthcare administration and occupational health services rather than surgical interventions.

Recent activity spans multiple states and issuing bodies: the Washington State Department of Transportation (for occupational medical surveillance across 14 ferry terminals), the City of Phoenix Retirement Office (disability medical evaluation for public safety pensions), the City of Long Beach (surgery carve-out benefits for employees), Harris County Juvenile Probation Department (specialty medical services for detained youth), Collier County (pharmacy benefit management), and Santa Clara County Health System (temporary health professional staffing). The geographic spread includes Arizona, California, Florida, and Washington. Representative opportunities include WSDOT's occupational medical surveillance RFP due October 9, 2026, requiring board-certified occupational physicians to conduct baseline and periodic examinations across ferry system locations; Phoenix's disability evaluation RFP (RTMRFP26001) due October 16, 2026, at $750,000 over five years; and Santa Clara's temporary health professional staffing vehicle (due October 7, 2026), a non-exclusive multiple-award qualification pool across 13 ancillary clinical categories. The code's recent use does not support meaningful pursuit without clarification of the correct UNSPSC classification for the health services being solicited.