UNSPSC 85801831: Removal of other device on left upper arm

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a placement intervention or procedure to removal of other device on left upper arm. This placement 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 2W5BXYZ

UNSPSC 85801831, Removal of other device on left upper arm, is a Commodity code that sees little relevant recent activity in state and local procurement. The code nominally describes a medical procedure, but the recent opportunities block tags solicitations under this code that span clinical laboratory testing, occupational health examinations, drug screening, postmortem testing, pharmacy benefit management, hazardous waste services, medical staffing, and employee clinic operations—a scope so broad and internally inconsistent that it signals either a systematic tagging error or a taxonomy mismatch. The state and local bodies posting these opportunities (departments of health, veterans affairs, and human services; counties; school districts; and municipal governments) are not buying a discrete surgical or medical device removal service; they are buying networked clinical laboratory, occupational medicine, and health administration services. No recent opportunity explicitly solicits the removal of implants, prosthetics, or other devices from a left upper arm or names a surgical procedure remotely matching the code's description.

Given this mismatch, the code shows no meaningful purchasing signal for business development professionals. The underlying opportunities are real and active—led by the Illinois Department of Human Services (laboratory services for mental health facilities, IFB, Aug 4, 2026), the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (lead sample analysis, IFB, Jul 31, 2026), and the Kentucky Department of Veterans Affairs (laboratory services across multiple veterans centers, multiple RFPs, May through Jul 2026)—but they belong to clinical laboratory, occupational health, and health services families, not to medical device removal. Vendors pursuing state and local health procurement should verify their UNSPSC assignments and target opportunities through laboratory services, occupational medicine, and employee health codes rather than through this Commodity tier.