UNSPSC 85523269: Release left brachial vein, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to release left brachial 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 05NA0ZZ

UNSPSC 85523269 Release left brachial vein, open approach is a Commodity code that does not appear to match the work actually being procured under recent state and local opportunities tagged with this code. The recent solicitations include inmate medical and pharmacy services, pharmacy benefit management administration, virtual primary and urgent care platform services, peer support for peer workers in behavioral health, and fire department medical director services—none of which involve vascular surgery or the open approach release of a left brachial vein. The code's nominal scope is a specific surgical procedure, yet state and local procurement under this code is driven entirely by health plan administration, managed care delivery, and clinical staffing for public-sector health programs.

The issuing bodies soliciting under this code span county health systems, county commissioners' boards, county Human Resources divisions, county behavioral health agencies, and municipal fire departments, representing Georgia, Florida, and California jurisdictions. Recent opportunities include the Columbus Consolidated Government's RFP No. 26-0008 (posted April 15, 2026, due May 15, 2026) for inmate medical and pharmacy services at Muscogee County Prison; Collier County Board of County Commissioners' RFP 25-8414 (posted April 9, 2026, due April 9, 2026) for pharmacy benefit management services covering approximately 7,200 covered members with historical annual pharmacy spending of $8.7 million; Monroe County Board of County Commissioners' RFP (posted March 14, 2026, due April 16, 2026) for virtual primary and urgent care services for 2,300 county health plan members; San Mateo County Health's RFP No. 2025-007 (posted February 25, 2026, due July 2, 2025) for peer support services for peer workers with $580,000 total funding; and Santa Monica Fire Department's RFP 455 (posted February 25, 2026, due October 16, 2025) for a medical director. The code shows substantial activity in healthcare procurement, but the mismatch between the surgical procedure nomenclature and the administrative and staffing services being bought suggests a tagging error in the source data rather than legitimate marketplace activity under the code's intended scope.