UNSPSC 85504600: Principal arteries upper extremities, percutaneous approach-part A

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 percutaneous 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 85504600 Principal arteries upper extremities, percutaneous approach-part A is a Class code with little relevance to the state and local procurement activity currently tagged under it. The recent opportunities associated with this code—inmate medical and pharmacy services, pharmacy benefit management, virtual primary care, peer support services, and fire department medical direction—involve general healthcare administration, clinical staffing, and benefit management, not the vascular intervention procedures the code nominally describes. The mismatch between code name and sourced solicitations suggests either a cataloging error in the issuing bodies' UNSPSC tagging or a fundamental disconnect between the taxonomy and actual procurement practice in this domain.

The opportunities posted under this code span county governments (Muscogee County, Georgia; Collier County, Florida; Monroe County, Florida) and special-purpose districts (San Mateo County Health Services, Santa Monica Fire Department). Recent RFPs include Columbus Consolidated Government's inmate medical and pharmacy services contract (due May 15, 2026), Collier County's pharmacy benefit management services (due April 9, 2026, with approximately $8.7 million in historical annual pharmacy spending), Monroe County's virtual primary care and urgent care services (due April 16, 2026), and San Mateo County's peer support pilot project (due July 2, 2025, with $580,000 total funding). The geographic concentration includes Florida and California, with secondary activity in Georgia. No specific set-aside designations appear in the solicitation documents, though several allow for local vendor preference and voluntary minority business enterprise certification consideration. Unless the code is being applied as a catch-all for healthcare-related procurement regardless of procedure type, pursuit decisions should verify the code's relevance to your service line before allocating business development resources.