UNSPSC 85522900: Principal veins upper body, percutaneous approach

This class includes one or more of 18 standard surgical interventions or procedures on component parts of the principal veins of the upper body, percutaneous 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 85522900 Principal veins upper body, percutaneous approach is a Class code that shows a material mismatch between its nominal scope—a procedural anatomy code typically associated with vascular interventional services—and the state and local opportunities currently tagged under it. The recent solicitations do not involve percutaneous vascular procedures; instead, they span occupational medical surveillance, disability medical evaluations, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, surgical procedure networks, and emergency medical services for youth in custody. The code appears to have been applied inconsistently across diverse health services procurement, suggesting either misclassification in issuing-office tagging or administrative drift in how the category is being used by state and local buyers. The actual work being procured ranges from administrative medical record coordination and independent medical examinations to specialty pharmacy networks and clinical staffing placement, none of which align with the procedural vein-access instruction the code nominally describes.

The issuing bodies span county health systems (Santa Clara County Health System, Collier County Board of County Commissioners), city governments (City of Phoenix Retirement Office, City of Long Beach), state transportation agencies (Washington State Department of Transportation), county probation departments (Harris County Juvenile Probation Department), and regional transit authorities (Washington State Ferries). Geographic activity appears concentrated in the Pacific Northwest (Washington State), Southwest (Arizona, California), and scattered in Florida and Texas. Representative recent opportunities include the City of Phoenix Retirement Office's RFP for independent medical evaluation services, with a $750,000 five-year contract due October 16, 2026; the Washington State Department of Transportation's occupational medical surveillance services RFP due October 9, 2026 across 14 Washington ferry locations; the City of Long Beach's surgery carve-out benefit RFP due October 7, 2026; and Santa Clara County Health System's temporary health professional staffing qualification pool solicitation due October 7, 2026. Given the code's nominal specificity to percutaneous vascular procedures and the absence of any procedurally aligned recent opportunities, this code does not reflect current state and local procurement activity in any meaningful way.