UNSPSC 85522434: Release right face vein, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to release right face 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 05NT3ZZ

UNSPSC 85522434 Release right face vein, percutaneous approach is a Commodity code whose nominal medical-procedure label does not align with the actual state and local procurement activity recently tagged under it. The code shows no recent opportunities that match the clinical scope of percutaneous vein release procedures. Instead, the most-recent-state-local-contract-opportunities block reflects a mismatch: recent solicitations tagged to this code cover occupational medical surveillance, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, independent medical evaluations for pension disability determinations, surgical care networks through Centers of Excellence, and emergency medical services for detained youth — all administrative, network-management, or staffing services with no connection to interventional vascular procedures. This persistent misclassification signals that the code is not in active use for its stated clinical purpose within state and local procurement.

No state and local government entity has recently solicited services or supplies for percutaneous release of the right face vein under this code. The geographic spread of recent tagging is scattered across Arizona, California, Florida, and Washington, but the opportunities themselves address workforce logistics and healthcare administration rather than vascular intervention. Buyers include city retirement offices, county health systems, state transportation agencies, and county probation departments — a diverse mix that shares no common need for the procedure this code nominally describes. Business development professionals should verify code assignment with procurement offices before investing bid preparation effort, as the mislabeling suggests either data-entry error or a systematic gap between UNSPSC taxonomy and how this particular state and local category is actually being used in practice.