UNSPSC 85523649: Release left cephalic vein, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to release left cephalic vein, percutaneous 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 05NF3ZZ

UNSPSC 85523649 Release left cephalic vein, percutaneous approach is a Commodity code that does not align with recent state and local procurement activity. The code nominally describes a specific surgical procedure, but the recent state and local opportunities tagged under this code solicit medical evaluation services, surgical benefit management, occupational medical surveillance, emergency hospital services for detained youth, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing — none of which involve the procedure named in the code. The mismatch between code nomenclature and actual buying activity suggests either a classification error in how opportunities are tagged or that the code itself does not reflect how state and local procurement offices organize medical services contracting.

The recent opportunities show state and local entities — including the City of Phoenix, City of Long Beach, Washington State Department of Transportation, Harris County Juvenile Probation Department, Collier County Board of County Commissioners, and Santa Clara County Health System — soliciting a broad array of healthcare administration and staffing services across multiple states and jurisdictions, but none of these opportunities describe the specific vascular surgical procedure the code names. Without evidence that state and local governments are actively procuring the procedure directly through RFP, RFQ, IFB, or ITB notices under this code, the code shows no actionable recent activity for vendors in that service line.