UNSPSC 85523100: Principal veins upper extremities, open approach-part A

This class includes one or more of 18 standard surgical interventions or procedures on component parts of the principal veins of the upper extremities, open 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 85523100 Principal veins upper extremities, open approach-part A is a Class code that describes a medical procedure taxonomy entry, yet the recent state and local contracting activity under this code shows no alignment with the clinical procedure title. The five most recent opportunities posted under this code—including inmate medical and pharmacy services for a county prison, pharmacy benefit management for a county health consortium, virtual primary and urgent care services, peer support for peer workers under a mental health innovation pilot, and a fire department medical director role—span administrative healthcare management, behavioral health services, and medical leadership rather than surgical or interventional vascular procedures on upper extremity veins. The code tag appears to be a data-classification mismatch between the state and local procurement systems and the UNSPSC taxonomy; the opportunities solicited are healthcare service delivery and management, not the anatomical procedure the code nominally describes.

Activity originates from disparate issuing bodies across multiple states: Muscogee County Prison (Georgia), Collier County Board of County Commissioners (Florida), Monroe County Board of County Commissioners (Florida), San Mateo County Health Behavioral Health and Recovery Services (California), and Santa Monica Fire Department (California). Recent solicitations include Columbus Consolidated Government's RFP No. 26-0008 for comprehensive inmate medical and pharmacy services (due May 15, 2026), Collier County's RFP 25-8414 for pharmacy benefit management covering 2,400 employees and 4,800 members with historical annual spending around $8.7 million (due April 9, 2026), Monroe County's RFP for virtual primary and urgent care services for approximately 2,300 county members (due April 16, 2026), San Mateo County's MHSA Innovation RFP for peer support pilot services totaling $580,000 over three years (due July 2, 2025), and Santa Monica Fire Department's RFP for a medical director (due October 16, 2025). Given the fundamental mismatch between the code's procedural taxonomy entry and the scope of work actually being bought, this code does not represent a coherent procurement opportunity stream for vendors pursuing state and local healthcare contracts.