UNSPSC 85523414: Reposition right basilic vein, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to reposition right basilic 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 05SB0ZZ

UNSPSC 85523414 Reposition right basilic vein, open approach is a Commodity code denoting a specific surgical procedure, yet the recent state and local opportunities tagged under it bear no relationship to surgical vein repositioning. Instead, the opportunities posted to this code reflect health benefit administration, occupational medical surveillance, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary clinical staffing—services entirely distinct from operative vascular surgery. The mismatch between the code's nominal scope and the actual work being solicited suggests either a systematic miscoding by posting agencies or a fundamental misalignment in how this code is applied in state and local procurement systems. The few opportunities present span retirement-board disability medical evaluations (Phoenix), surgical benefit carve-outs for municipal health plans (Long Beach), occupational health examinations for ferry workers (Washington State), emergency medical services for detained youth (Harris County), pharmacy administration (Collier County), and temporary clinical staffing pools (Santa Clara). None of these services involves operative vascular procedures.

Issuers include city retirement offices, municipal benefits administrators, state transportation departments, county probation departments, county health systems, and regional health consortiums—a broad mix of public healthcare and benefits purchasers rather than hospital systems or surgical centers that would logically procure vascular surgery services. Recent activity clusters in Arizona, California, Florida, and Washington, with no meaningful concentration pattern. Given the pervasive disconnect between the Commodity code's explicit name and every recent opportunity actually posted to it, this code shows little relevant recent activity for vendors offering vascular surgical services or related operative solutions. Pursue only if your firm specializes in health-plan administration, occupational medicine delivery, or clinical staffing, and only after confirming that your target buyer is actually using this code—which the evidence suggests they are, inconsistently and in apparent error.