UNSPSC 85523261: Repair left cephalic vein, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to repair left cephalic 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 05QF0ZZ

UNSPSC 85523261 Repair left cephalic vein, open approach (Commodity) shows minimal recent state and local procurement activity aligned with its clinical surgical scope. The code's nominal focus on a specific vascular surgical procedure does not match the health care and human services opportunities currently posted under it. Recent solicitations instead reflect institutional health care administration and primary care delivery — medical and pharmacy services for correctional facilities, pharmacy benefit management for employee health plans, virtual primary and urgent care platforms for county employees, peer support services for behavioral health workers, and fire department medical direction — none of which involve vascular surgery or the specific procedure named in the code.

The issuing bodies across the recent record span county governments and special-purpose health authorities: Muscogee County (Georgia), Collier County (Florida), Monroe County (Florida), San Mateo County (California), and the Santa Monica Fire Department (California). The mismatch between code nomenclature and actual procurement scope suggests either systematic miscoding at the point of posting or that the code captures administrative health care contracting rather than clinical surgical services. Activity is concentrated in Florida and California, with isolated opportunities in Georgia and California, but the small sample size and absence of vascular surgery content indicate that this code is not a reliable signal for firms pursuing clinical procedural work or institutional surgical services contracting at the state and local level. Firms evaluating pursuit should confirm scope alignment directly with the issuing body before investing in proposal preparation, as the code's title does not reflect current buying patterns.