UNSPSC 85504500: Principal arteries upper extremities, open approach- part G

This class includes one or more of 17 standard surgical interventions or procedures on component parts of the principal arteries of the upper extremities with open approach. These surgical interventions or procedures are listed in the World Health Organization's International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems or ICD-10 PCS under code 03.

UNSPSC 85504500 Principal arteries upper extremities, open approach—part G is a Class code whose title does not reflect the actual work state and local governments are soliciting under it. Recent opportunities tagged to this code show a systematic mismatch: the code nominally describes a surgical procedure on blood vessels in the arm or hand, but state and local buyers are using it to classify occupational health services, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, and disability medical evaluations. The scope of work actually being procured includes independent medical evaluations for public safety pension determinations, occupational medical surveillance for ferry workers, surgical benefit carve-outs for municipal employees, temporary clinical staffing across ancillary health categories, pharmacy benefit administration, and emergency medical services for detained youth. Issuing bodies include state departments of transportation, county boards and probation departments, municipal retirement offices, city health systems, county health consortiums, and regional health authorities. This code appears to capture heterogeneous health services procurement rather than a unified clinical procedure line.

Recent activity spans four states with no concentration. The Washington State Department of Transportation on behalf of Washington State Ferries posted RFP20260825 for occupational medical surveillance services (due October 9, 2026) covering 14 ferry locations; the City of Phoenix Retirement Office posted RTMRFP26001 for independent medical evaluation services for disability pension determinations (due October 16, 2026, maximum contract value $750,000 over five years); the City of Long Beach posted HR26753 for a surgical benefit carve-out program for its PPO plan (due October 7, 2026); Santa Clara Health System posted RFSQHHSFY270052 for temporary health professional staffing across 13 ancillary clinical categories (due October 7, 2026); Collier County posted RFP 25-8414 for pharmacy benefit management services covering approximately $8.7 million in historical annual spending (due April 9, 2026); and Harris County Juvenile Probation Department posted 071626BNM, an RFI for specialty and emergency medical services for detained youth (due September 25, 2026). The code shows activity in Arizona, California, Florida, and Washington, but the mismatch between the nominal code description and the actual procurements suggests this code may be misapplied in the source data rather than representing a meaningful commodity or service family for business development targeting.