UNSPSC 85521489: Extirpation of matter from right internal jugular vein, percutaneous endoscopic approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to extirpation of matter from right internal jugular vein, percutaneous endoscopic 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 05CM4ZZ

UNSPSC 85521489 Extirpation of matter from right internal jugular vein, percutaneous endoscopic approach (Commodity) does not align with recent state and local procurement activity. The code's nominal scope—a specific surgical procedure involving vascular intervention—bears no relationship to the opportunities posted under it, which instead solicit independent medical evaluation services, occupational medical surveillance, pharmacy benefit management, surgical procedure carve-out benefit programs, temporary health professional staffing, and emergency medical services for youth in custody. State and local issuing bodies do not procure individual surgical procedures through competitive procurement; they typically contract with healthcare systems, physician networks, or staffing vendors to deliver medical services under negotiated arrangements. The mismatch between the Commodity code's clinical nomenclature and the actual scope of work being purchased suggests either a miscoding error in the state or local procurement system or a downstream data aggregation problem that has conflated unrelated solicitations.

No opportunities in the source material reflect the actual clinical service described by UNSPSC 85521489. The City of Phoenix Retirement Office, the City of Long Beach, the Washington State Department of Transportation, Harris County Juvenile Probation Department, Collier County Board of County Commissioners, and the County of Santa Clara Health System have all posted solicitations under this code in the past two months, but all requests are for administrative medical services, benefits management, staffing coordination, or occupational health programs—not the surgical procedure the code names. Business development professionals should disregard this code for procurement opportunity assessment and contact their local procurement office's UNSPSC administrator to report the apparent miscoding.