UNSPSC 85521300: Principal veins brain and spinal cord, percutaneous approach-part B

This class includes one or more of 18 standard surgical interventions or procedures on component parts of the principal veins of the brain and spinal cord 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 05.

UNSPSC 85521300 Principal veins brain and spinal cord, percutaneous approach—part B is a Class code that appears in state and local procurement records with minimal recent activity directly aligned to its clinical-procedure scope. The recent opportunities tagged to this code reflect a significant mismatch: the code's nominal focus on neurovascular interventions does not align with the actual work being solicited, which spans occupational medical surveillance, independent medical evaluations for pension disability determinations, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, specialty surgical care-outs, and emergency services for detained youth. These solicitations address administrative medical services, benefits management, and staffing coordination rather than the specific percutaneous neurointerventional procedures the code describes. State and local procurement bodies issuing under this code include city retirement offices (City of Phoenix), county commissioners (Collier County, Harris County), state transportation departments (Washington State Department of Transportation), and regional health systems (County of Santa Clara Health System, City of Long Beach).

Geographic activity appears concentrated in western and southwestern states—Washington, Arizona, California, and Florida—with the largest recent volume in California. Representative recent opportunities include the Washington State Department of Transportation's occupational medical surveillance RFP (due October 9, 2026, for medical examinations across 14 ferry system locations), the City of Phoenix Retirement Office's independent medical evaluation services RFP (due October 16, 2026, with a $750,000 maximum five-year contract value for disability benefit reviews), and the County of Santa Clara Health System's temporary health professional staffing qualification vehicle (due October 7, 2026, across 13 ancillary clinical categories). The code shows no strong recent alignment to its stated scope and warrants investigation at the source to confirm whether the tagging represents genuine procurement intent or a taxonomy classification error.