UNSPSC 85522620: Destruction of right external jugular vein, percutaneous endoscopic approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to destruction of right external jugular vein, 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 055P4ZZ

UNSPSC 85522620 Destruction of right external jugular vein, percutaneous endoscopic approach is a Commodity code that shows a significant mismatch between its clinical-procedure nomenclature and the state and local procurement activity tagged under it. Recent opportunities classified under this code do not involve surgical destruction of the external jugular vein or any related vascular procedure; instead, the code is being used to tag healthcare administration, benefits management, occupational health surveillance, and temporary staffing services — all of which fall outside the scope of the code's stated clinical definition. The Phoenix Retirement Office (Arizona), City of Long Beach (California), Washington State Department of Transportation, Harris County Juvenile Probation Department (Texas), Collier County Board of County Commissioners (Florida), and County of Santa Clara Health System (California) are soliciting independent medical evaluation services, surgical-procedure carve-out benefits programs, occupational medical surveillance, emergency and inpatient hospital services for detained youth, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing — none of which align with a specific surgical procedure code. This broad misclassification suggests either systematic tagging errors in state and local procurement systems or that the code is being repurposed as a catch-all for healthcare services in general.

No state or local procurement opportunities are currently being solicited for the actual scope of work this Commodity code nominally describes — destruction of right external jugular vein via percutaneous endoscopic approach. The recent-opportunities block contains six active solicitations, all issued between July and September 2026 with response dates between September 25 and October 20, 2026, but none involve vascular or surgical procedures matching the code's clinical definition. Given the disconnect between code definition and actual buying activity, firms pursuing healthcare services through state and local procurement should verify code assignment independently and not rely on UNSPSC 85522620 as a reliable filter for surgical or vascular-related opportunities.