UNSPSC 85521057: Release right vertebral vein, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to release right vertebral vein, 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 05NR0ZZ

UNSPSC 85521057 Release right vertebral vein, open approach is a Commodity code whose abstract clinical scope does not reflect the actual state and local procurement activity tagged under it. The recent opportunities show no connection to vascular surgery or vertebral vein procedures; instead, they span jail medical services procurement, pharmacy benefit management, virtual primary care platforms, peer mental health support services, and fire department medical director contracts. The mismatch between the code's nominal surgical focus and the health-services procurement being tagged under it suggests the code is being misapplied in state and local systems, or that the source data contains a classification error. State and local governments appear to be using this code label for general healthcare administration and service delivery rather than for the specific anatomical procedure the code name indicates. The issuing bodies include county governments (Muscogee County Prison system in Georgia, Collier County in Florida, Monroe County in Florida, and San Mateo County in California) and municipal fire departments (Santa Monica, California), with no evidence of school districts, transit authorities, or state departments using the code in this recent window.

The geographic footprint spans Florida (two opportunities in Collier and Monroe counties), California (San Mateo County and Santa Monica), and Georgia (Columbus Consolidated Government on behalf of Muscogee County Prison). Representative opportunities include the Columbus Consolidated Government's RFP No. 26-0008 (posted April 15, 2026, due May 15, 2026) for inmate medical and pharmacy services covering 576 offenders at Muscogee County Prison with a current monthly cost of $95,537.71; Collier County's RFP 25-8414 (posted April 9, 2026, same-day due date) for pharmacy benefit management services covering 2,400 employees and 4,800 covered members with historical annual pharmacy spending of $8.7 million; Monroe County's RFP (posted March 14, 2026, due April 16, 2026) for virtual primary and urgent care services for 2,300 county members; and San Mateo County's RFP No. 2025-007 for peer support services for peer workers totaling $580,000 over three years. The code shows no alignment with its nominal clinical definition and warrants clarification before allocating resources to pursue opportunities tagged under it.