UNSPSC 85531108: Revision of drainage device in lower vein, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to revision of drainage device in lower 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 06WY00Z

UNSPSC 85531108, Revision of drainage device in lower vein, open approach (Commodity), does not align with the state and local procurement activity found in recent opportunities. The code nominally describes a surgical procedure on venous drainage systems, but the recent solicitations tagged under it span occupational medical surveillance, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, disability medical record review and independent medical evaluations, surgical procedure carve-out benefit programs, and specialty hospital services for detained youth. None of these opportunities involves revision of a drainage device or open surgical procedure on veins. The code shows no relevant recent activity.

The mismatch between the code's nominal scope and the actual opportunities suggests either systematic miscoding in state and local procurement systems or a taxonomy alignment problem between UNSPSC and how these agencies classify health and human services contracting. Firms seeking to pursue work under this code should verify whether the issuing bodies actually intend drainage-device-related medical device procurement or whether opportunities are being mislabeled. The recent opportunities span Arizona, California, Washington, Florida, and Texas jurisdictions, but none reflects the clinical work the code name describes.