UNSPSC 85531508: Release right femoral vein, open approach

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NIGP codes for 85531508

Definition

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to release right femoral 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 06NM0ZZ

About UNSPSC 85531508

UNSPSC 85531508 Release right femoral vein, open approach is a Commodity code that nominally describes a surgical procedure, but the recent state and local contract opportunities posted under this code show no alignment with the surgical scope. Instead, the opportunities span comprehensive inmate medical and pharmacy services, pharmacy benefit management for county employees and dependents, virtual primary and urgent care platforms, peer support services for behavioral health workers, and fire department medical director services. These diverse healthcare administration and service-delivery activities bear no relationship to the vascular surgical procedure named in the code itself, indicating either systematic miscoding or use of this code as a catch-all placeholder for health services solicitations that lack appropriate taxonomy mapping.

The issuing bodies include county governments (Muscogee County, Collier County, and Monroe County in Georgia and Florida), a county behavioral health agency (San Mateo County, California), and a municipal fire department (Santa Monica, California). Recent opportunities posted between February and April 2026 include Columbus Consolidated Government's RFP No. 26-0008 for inmate medical and pharmacy services (due May 15, 2026), Collier County's RFP 25-8414 for pharmacy benefit management covering approximately 2,400 employees and 4,800 covered dependents with historical annual pharmacy spending of $8.7 million (due April 9, 2026), Monroe County's RFP for virtual primary and urgent care services for 2,300 county members (due April 16, 2026), San Mateo County's RFP for peer support services for peer workers with $580,000 in total funding, and Santa Monica Fire Department's RFP for a medical director (due October 16, 2025). Geographic activity spans Georgia, Florida, and California. The code's actual procurement signal is heavily clouded by the absence of any recent surgical-procedure or medical-device solicitations, making it unsuitable for targeted business development without clarification from issuing bodies on coding intent.

Quick answers

What is UNSPSC 85531508?

UNSPSC 85531508 is Release right femoral vein, open approach, a commodity in UNSPSC 85000000, Healthcare Services.

Which NIGP codes match UNSPSC 85531508?

UNSPSC 85531508 maps to 1 NIGP code, 94857 Medical Services, Surgical.

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