UNSPSC 85521753: Destruction of hemiazygos vein, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to destruction of hemiazygos 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 05510ZZ

UNSPSC 85521753 Destruction of hemiazygos vein, open approach is a Commodity code that shows little relevant recent state and local procurement activity. The code nominally describes a surgical procedure, but the recent opportunities posted under this code actually span independent medical evaluation services, surgical benefit carve-outs, occupational health surveillance, emergency medical care for youth in detention, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing — none of which involve destruction of the hemiazygos vein or vascular surgical procedures. The mismatch between the code's stated scope and the work being solicited suggests that this code is being misapplied by the issuing bodies, or that the procurement taxonomy does not cleanly capture the services actually being bought.

The six recent opportunities span a mix of issuing bodies including a city retirement office (Phoenix), a city employee benefits office (Long Beach), a state transportation department (Washington), a county juvenile probation department (Harris County), a county benefits consortium (Collier County), and a county health system (Santa Clara). These solicitations reflect administrative health services, occupational medicine, benefits management, and temporary clinical staffing — categories orthogonal to vascular surgery. Without relevant recent opportunities demonstrating actual state and local procurement under the code's nominal scope, no geographic concentration or meaningful issuing-body trend can be identified. Code-level activity under UNSPSC 85521753 does not signal a viable procurement segment for vendors offering vascular surgical services or destruction-of-hemiazygos-vein expertise to state and local buyers.