UNSPSC 85521816: Restriction of azygos vein, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to restriction of azygos vein, percutaneous 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 05V03ZZ

UNSPSC 85521816 Restriction of azygos vein, percutaneous approach (Commodity) shows a fundamental mismatch between its code name and the state and local contract opportunities recently posted under it. The code nominally describes a specific medical procedure, but the recent solicitations—spanning independent medical evaluations for disability pension determinations, occupational health surveillance, surgical benefit carve-outs, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing pools, and emergency/specialty medical services for youth in custody—do not involve azygos vein restriction or percutaneous vascular intervention. The opportunities reflect administrative, staffing, and managed-care contracting rather than any specific surgical procedure. State and local procurement systems occasionally tag opportunities with codes that do not align with the actual work being bought; this code appears to be an example of that classification drift.

The recent opportunities span a mixed issuing-body base: city retirement offices (Phoenix), municipal employee-benefits agencies (Long Beach), state transportation departments (Washington State Ferries), county health systems (Santa Clara, Harris County Juvenile Probation), and county human-resources departments (Collier County). Geographic activity centers on California, Florida, Arizona, and Washington, with opportunities ranging from small RFIs (Harris County, responses due September 25, 2026) to larger competitive RFPs (Washington State Ferries medical surveillance, October 9, 2026; Collier County PBM services, April 9, 2026 deadline). Given the lack of alignment between the code's nominal procedure and the work solicited, this code carries little decision relevance for vendors focused on actual vascular surgery or interventional contracting; the code does not reliably identify procurement activity in that domain.