UNSPSC 85501005: Restriction of right vertebral artery, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to restriction of right vertebral 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 03VP0ZZ

UNSPSC 85501005 Restriction of right vertebral artery, open approach is a Commodity code that shows no meaningful recent state and local procurement activity. The code nominally describes a specific surgical procedure, but the recent opportunities tagged under it—inmate medical and pharmacy services, pharmacy benefit management for county employees, virtual primary and urgent care services, peer support for behavioral health workers, and fire department medical director services—represent a broad, unrelated mix of healthcare administration, managed care, and personnel services unconnected to vascular surgery or any surgical intervention.

State and local procurement systems occasionally tag opportunities with clinical procedure codes that do not match the work actually being bought. In this case, the mismatch is complete: no issuing body is soliciting surgical services, operative supplies, or vascular surgery expertise under this code. The recent opportunities are administrative healthcare contracts from county governments (Muscogee County, Georgia; Collier County, Florida; Monroe County, Florida; San Mateo County, California) and a municipal fire department (Santa Monica, California). None involves the restriction of a vertebral artery or any surgical procedure. Unless the tagging error is corrected upstream, this code is not a viable procurement avenue for vendors offering surgical services or supplies in the state and local market.