UNSPSC 85523215: Restriction of left axillary vein with extraluminal device, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to restriction of left axillary vein with extraluminal device, 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 05V80CZ

UNSPSC 85523215 Restriction of left axillary vein with extraluminal device, open approach is a Commodity code that describes a specific surgical procedure, but state and local governments soliciting under this code are not actually procuring that medical intervention. Instead, recent opportunities tagged with this code reveal a systematic mismatch: state and local jurisdictions are buying occupational medical surveillance, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, independent medical evaluations for disability determinations, and surgical carve-out benefit programs for employee health plans. The code's nominal scope—a vein-restriction procedure—bears no relationship to the work actually being purchased. This mismatch suggests either a data classification error in the source opportunities or a fundamental misalignment between the UNSPSC taxonomy and how state and local procurement offices are tagging their medical and health-services work.

The issuing bodies include city retirement offices (City of Phoenix), municipal employee benefits programs (City of Long Beach), county health systems (Santa Clara, Collier County), state transportation agencies (Washington State Department of Transportation), county juvenile probation departments (Harris County), and county commissioners' boards managing healthcare consortiums. No issuer appears more than once in the recent set, and geographic activity spans Arizona, California, Florida, Washington, and Texas. Without concrete alignment between the code's procedural definition and what is actually being solicited, vendors pursuing state and local work under this Commodity code would face substantial friction: the code as tagged does not reflect legitimate procurement demand for surgical devices, implants, or procedure-specific services.