UNSPSC 85491103: Excision of right pulmonary artery, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to excision of right pulmonary artery, 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 02BQ0ZZ

UNSPSC 85491103 Excision of right pulmonary artery, open approach is a Commodity code that shows little relevant recent activity under state and local procurement. The code nominally describes a specific surgical procedure, but the recent opportunities tagged to it address occupational medical surveillance, disability medical evaluations, pharmacy benefit management, health professional staffing, surgical procedure networks, and youth detention healthcare — none of which involve pulmonary artery excision or align with the procedure-specific scope the code name implies. The mismatch between the code's surgical nomenclature and the actual work being solicited suggests either systematic miscoding or use of this taxonomy tier as a catch-all for health services procurement where a more precise code would be appropriate.

The issuing bodies across the recent records span state health and transportation agencies, county health systems and probation departments, and city retirement offices and municipal employers in Arizona, California, Florida, and Washington. Because the opportunities do not address the code's nominal scope, the geographic and issuing-body diversity reflects general state and local health services activity rather than genuine demand for the specific procedure the code describes. Business development professionals pursuing this code should verify that prospects are actually seeking surgical procedure services aligned with the code's medical nomenclature, rather than assuming that posted opportunities under this UNSPSC number represent genuine procurement intent for the procedure itself.