UNSPSC 85523600: Principal veins upper extremities, percutaneous approach-part B

This class includes one or more of 18 standard surgical interventions or procedures on component parts of the principal veins of the upper extremities, percutaneous 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 85523600 Principal veins upper extremities, percutaneous approach-part B is a Class code that shows little relevant recent activity. The code's nominal scope—a clinical procedure code for vascular access—does not align with the state and local procurement opportunities posted under this classification. Recent solicitations tagged to this code span medical staffing, pharmacy benefit management, occupational health surveillance, and specialty medical services for public employees and detained youth—none of which involve the percutaneous vascular procedures the code describes. This appears to be a miscoding issue where state and local procurement systems have applied a medical procedure code to general health services contracting when no more appropriate classification exists in their taxonomy mapping.

No state or local jurisdictions are pursuing relevant opportunities under this code at present. Potential vendors should verify coding assignments in any RFP or RFQ they receive before committing resources to a pursuit.