UNSPSC 85523300: Principal veins upper extremities, open approach-part C

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 85523300 Principal veins upper extremities, open approach-part C is a Class code, but recent state and local solicitation activity under this code shows no clear alignment with its nominal anatomical scope. The most recent opportunities tagged to this code span occupational medical surveillance, disability benefit medical evaluations, surgical care coordination through Centers of Excellence, pharmacy benefit management, youth detention healthcare, and temporary health professional staffing — none of which involves principal vein procedures or vascular surgery. The posting pattern suggests either a systematic miscoding issue within state and local procurement systems or a misapplication of the code to broader healthcare administration and benefits management work that falls outside the Class code's intended medical procedure category.

The issuing bodies include state health departments and transportation agencies (Washington State Department of Transportation, Washington State Ferries), county governments and their health systems (Collier County, Harris County, Santa Clara County), municipal retirement offices (City of Phoenix), and municipal employee benefits programs (City of Long Beach), with activity concentrated in Arizona, California, Florida, Texas, and Washington over the past three months. Representative recent opportunities include the City of Phoenix Retirement Office's RFP for independent medical evaluation services supporting disability pension determinations (RFP 26001, due October 16, 2026), the Washington State Department of Transportation's RFP for occupational medical surveillance services across ferry system locations (RFP 20260825, due October 9, 2026), and the County of Santa Clara Health System's qualification-based solicitation for temporary health professional staffing across ancillary clinical categories (RFSQHHSFY270052, due October 7, 2026). Given the consistent mismatch between the code's vascular surgical definition and the healthcare administration and occupational medicine work actually being procured, business development professionals should verify with individual issuing bodies whether these opportunities represent intentional coding or require code correction before pursuit.