UNSPSC 85522300: Principal veins head and neck, open 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 head and neck with open 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 85522300 Principal veins head and neck, open approach-part B is a Class code that shows little relevant recent activity under this specific designation. The four most-recent state and local opportunities tagged to this code—inmate medical and pharmacy services for a county prison, pharmacy benefit management for county employees, virtual primary and urgent care for county members, peer support services for mental health workers, and fire department medical director services—fall outside the scope of vascular surgical procedures that the code's name suggests. The mismatch indicates that state and local procurement offices are applying this code inconsistently or that it serves as a catch-all classification for health care contracting that does not cleanly map to the code's anatomical and procedural intent.

The issuing bodies represented include county corrections departments, county human resources and health benefits divisions, county health and behavioral health agencies, and municipal fire departments across Florida, Georgia, and California. Geographic spread spans Florida (Collier County, Monroe County), Georgia (Muscogee County), California (San Mateo County), and California municipalities (Santa Monica). No pattern of repeat buyers or sustained procurement volume under this code emerges from the recent record. The opportunities posted between February and April 2026 reflect fragmented health care service contracting—pharmacy management, virtual care platforms, peer support training, and medical direction—rather than surgical or interventional vascular services. Business developers should treat this code as inactive for vascular surgical services and verify the correct UNSPSC classification before pursuing opportunities tagged to it.