UNSPSC 85522839: Drainage of upper vein, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to drainage of upper vein, open 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 059Y0ZZ

UNSPSC 85522839 Drainage of upper vein, open approach is a Commodity code that shows minimal alignment between its nominal clinical scope and the state and local opportunities currently posted under it. The code's abstract name suggests surgical vascular procedures, but the recent solicitations tagged to this code actually encompass a broad range of occupational and benefits-related medical services — independent medical evaluations for pension disability determinations, surgical benefit carve-outs for municipal employee health plans, occupational medical surveillance for transportation workers, specialty and emergency medical services for youth in custody, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary clinical staffing placement. None of these activities directly involve vascular drainage procedures. The issuing bodies span municipal retirement offices (Phoenix), city human resources departments (Long Beach), state transportation agencies (Washington State Department of Transportation), county juvenile justice systems (Harris County), county health systems (Santa Clara), and county benefits procurement offices (Collier County). This diversity suggests the code may be misapplied across these opportunities or serves as a catch-all for medical services unrelated to its nominal commodity definition.

The geographic spread of recent activity includes Arizona, California, Florida, Texas, and Washington. Representative recent solicitations include the City of Phoenix Retirement Office's RFP for independent medical evaluation services (RTMRFP26001, due October 16, 2026) supporting disability benefit determinations for approximately 75 annual applications at $750,000 over five years; the City of Long Beach's RFP for surgical and medical procedure carve-out benefits (HR26753, due October 7, 2026) covering approximately 3,800 active employees and retirees; the Washington State Department of Transportation's RFP for occupational medical surveillance services across 14 ferry system locations (RFP20260825, due October 9, 2026); and the County of Santa Clara Health System's request for a qualified vendor pool for temporary health professional staffing across multiple ancillary clinical categories (RFSQHHSFY270052, due October 7, 2026). Given the mismatch between the code's vascular-procedure scope and the administrative and occupational health services actually being solicited, this code warrants closer attention to issuing-body tagging practices rather than pursuit based on the nominal commodity definition.