UNSPSC 85501004: Restriction of left vertebral artery with bioactive intraluminal device, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to restriction of left vertebral artery with bioactive intraluminal device, 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 03VQ0BZ

UNSPSC 85501004 Restriction of left vertebral artery with bioactive intraluminal device, open approach is a Commodity code that shows little relevant recent activity under state and local procurement. The code nominally describes a specific vascular intervention procedure, but the recent opportunities tagged with this code do not involve vertebral artery devices or related implantable medical hardware. Instead, the tagged solicitations cover occupational medical surveillance, independent disability medical evaluations, pharmacy benefit management, surgical carve-out benefit programs, temporary health professional staffing, and emergency medical services for youth in custody—none of which align with the code's stated scope of a bioactive intraluminal device for vertebral artery restriction. The mismatch suggests this code may be incorrectly applied to health system administration and staffing contracts rather than procurement of specialized vascular devices.

Given the absence of genuine device-procurement activity under this code in the recent opportunities block, no representative solicitations for vertebral artery devices or related orthotic or prosthetic hardware can be identified. State and local health systems, counties, and municipalities do procure implantable medical devices through procurement vehicles, but those transactions do not appear in the current record for this code. Practitioners evaluating this code should verify coding accuracy at the point of solicitation and cross-check whether health system RFPs and RFQs for vascular intervention devices are being tagged to alternative UNSPSC codes or remain unposted in available public databases.