UNSPSC 85522043: Replacement of left subclavian vein with nonautologous tissue substitute, percutaneous endoscopic approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to replacement of left subclavian vein with nonautologous tissue substitute, 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 05R64KZ

UNSPSC 85522043 Replacement of left subclavian vein with nonautologous tissue substitute, percutaneous endoscopic approach is a Commodity code that does not map to the state and local procurement activity currently posted under it. The recent solicitations tagged to this code—independent medical evaluation services for pension disability determinations, surgical benefit carve-out programs for employee health plans, occupational medical surveillance, specialty medical services for youth in custody, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing—are administrative or clinical services procurement, not the specific surgical procedure named in the code. The code's nominal scope describes a single interventional procedure, yet the posted opportunities span medical administration, benefits management, occupational health compliance, and temporary clinical staffing across multiple jurisdictions and service lines that bear no relationship to vascular reconstruction surgery.

State and local governments rarely procure individual surgical procedures as discrete line items through public bidding. The mismatch between the code's technical clinical name and the actual buying patterns suggests either a systematic miscoding of these opportunities or that this code is inactive for state and local procurement purposes. The recent activity under this code shows no evidence of governments seeking vendors to perform or manage subclavian vein replacements or related vascular interventions. A business development professional evaluating this code should treat it as dormant for state and local work and focus pursuit effort on higher-activity codes aligned with the health services categories that are actually generating solicitations in the state and local market.