UNSPSC 85531621: Destruction of left greater saphenous vein, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to destruction of left greater saphenous 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 065Q0ZZ

UNSPSC 85531621 Destruction of left greater saphenous vein, open approach, a Commodity code, shows minimal alignment with actual state and local procurement activity. The code nominally describes a specific surgical procedure, yet the recent opportunities tagged under it span occupational medical surveillance, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, independent medical evaluations for pension disability determinations, surgical procedure carve-out programs, and emergency medical services for detained youth—none of which involve destruction of a saphenous vein or surgical intervention at the point-of-service level. State and local governments are using this code to classify health services contracting broadly, from administrative medical record review through network management and occupational health programs, rather than the discrete surgical procedure the code name denotes. The issuing bodies include county health systems, state transportation departments, city retirement offices, county commissioners' offices, and county juvenile justice departments, reflecting the fragmented procurement landscape typical of health services spending across municipal, county, and state agencies.

Recent activity is concentrated in three states: California (Santa Clara County's temporary health professional staffing RFQ and Long Beach's surgical benefit carve-out RFP, both due October 7, 2026), Washington (the Washington State Department of Transportation occupational medical surveillance RFP due October 9, 2026), and Arizona (the City of Phoenix pension boards' independent medical evaluation RFP due October 16, 2026), with an additional opportunity in Texas (Harris County Juvenile Probation's emergency medical services RFI due September 25, 2026) and Florida (Collier County's pharmacy benefit management RFP with a closed deadline of April 9, 2026). The most active near-term opportunities are the Phoenix Retirement Office's $750,000 five-year independent medical evaluation services contract, the Long Beach surgical benefit carve-out program launching April 1, 2027, and the Washington State Ferries occupational medical surveillance contract with award anticipated by November 30, 2026. The code's current use reflects administrative and network-level health services procurement rather than surgical procedures, signaling potential classification drift or overly broad tagging of health services opportunities under a procedure-specific code.