UNSPSC 85531100: Principal veins lower body, open approach

This class includes one or more of 18 standard surgical interventions or procedures on component parts of the principal veins of the lower body with 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 06.

UNSPSC 85531100 Principal veins lower body, open approach is a Class code that shows minimal alignment with recent state and local procurement activity. The code's nominal scope — a clinical procedure designation from medical taxonomy — does not match the types of healthcare services state and local governments are actively soliciting. The recent opportunities posted under this code span inmate medical and pharmacy services, pharmacy benefit management, virtual primary care, peer support services, and fire department medical direction — none of which represent surgical vascular procedures on the lower extremities.

The mismatch between the code's clinical designation and the actual work being bought suggests this code is either misapplied in the source data or sees no genuine state and local procurement activity aligned with its intended scope. Issuing bodies tagging opportunities under this code include Muscogee County (Columbus Consolidated Government) in Georgia, Collier County in Florida, Monroe County in Florida, San Mateo County in California, and the Santa Monica Fire Department in California. These are correctional health, county benefits administration, public employee health plans, behavioral health innovation pilots, and municipal emergency services — none of which ordinarily solicit open vascular procedures. Until opportunities genuinely requesting surgical vascular intervention appear under this code, treat it as a low-priority category for business development targeting state and local government procurement of clinical procedures.