UNSPSC 85522710: Removal of infusion device from upper vein, external approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to removal of infusion device from upper vein, external 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 05PYX3Z

UNSPSC 85522710 Removal of infusion device from upper vein, external approach is a Commodity code whose nominal title describes a discrete surgical procedure, but recent state and local opportunities tagged to this code bear no relationship to that clinical work. The six recent solicitations posted between July and September 2026 span pharmacy benefit management, occupational medical surveillance, temporary health professional staffing, independent medical evaluations for public safety pension disability determinations, surgical care networks for municipal employees, and emergency medical services for detained youth—none of which involve infusion-device removal. The issuing bodies include county health systems, county boards of commissioners, city retirement offices, state transportation departments, county juvenile probation departments, and municipal procurement offices. This code appears to reflect a tagging error or misalignment between the procurement taxonomy applied by state and local issuing bodies and the clinical services they actually purchase.

No recent state and local opportunities directly soliciting infusion-device removal or related vascular interventions appear in the source material. The mismatch between the code's nominal scope and the actual work being procured under it suggests either systematic miscoding or that this Commodity code does not see active state and local procurement use. A business development professional should verify whether the code is actively used for its stated clinical service line or whether it remains a taxonomy placeholder with little current market signal.