UNSPSC 85531316: Replacement of lower vein with nonautologous tissue substitute, percutaneous endoscopic approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to replacement of lower vein with nonautologous tissue substitute, percutaneous endoscopic 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 06RY4KZ

UNSPSC 85531316 Replacement of lower vein with nonautologous tissue substitute, percutaneous endoscopic approach is a Commodity code that in practice has no alignment with state and local government procurement activity. The recent opportunities posted under this code—independent medical evaluation services for pension disability determinations, surgical benefit carve-out programs for municipal employees, occupational medical surveillance for ferry workers, emergency and specialty medical services for detained youth, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing—represent administrative healthcare purchasing and occupational health services, not surgical procedures involving vascular replacement. State and local procurement offices use UNSPSC taxonomy to classify goods and services they buy, but the tagging of these administrative and staffing solicitations under a procedure-specific clinical code reflects a classification mismatch rather than actual procurement demand for the surgical intervention the code nominally describes. There is no indication that state and local jurisdictions solicit for or contract on vein replacement procedures under this code.

The mismatch suggests that either the code was incorrectly applied during submission or the underlying taxonomy does not effectively capture this class of healthcare administration and workforce services. Business development professionals should verify the actual UNSPSC codes and commodity families assigned to healthcare administration, occupational medicine, and medical staffing before structuring pursuit activity around this code. Recent activity appears across Arizona (City of Phoenix), California (City of Long Beach and County of Santa Clara), Washington (State Department of Transportation), Florida (Collier County), and Texas (Harris County), but the opportunities themselves—benefits administration, medical staffing qualification pools, occupational surveillance, and pharmacy management—do not represent the surgical or procedural market this code nominally names.