UNSPSC 85501022: Supplement left vertebral artery with synthetic substitute, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to supplement left vertebral artery with synthetic substitute, 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 03UQ0JZ

UNSPSC 85501022 Supplement left vertebral artery with synthetic substitute, open approach is a Commodity code that describes a surgical procedure — vascular system reconstruction using prosthetic material — but the recent state and local procurement activity associated with this code does not reflect vascular surgery contracting. Instead, the opportunities posted under this code span jail and prison medical services, pharmacy benefit management, virtual primary and urgent care services, peer support for behavioral health workers, and fire department medical director services. None of these represent the orthopedic or vascular surgical work the code nominally describes. The issuing bodies include county governments (Muscogee County in Georgia; Collier County and Monroe County in Florida; San Mateo County in California) and a municipal fire department (Santa Monica, California), spanning corrections health administration, employee health benefits management, county health plan services, mental health services contracting, and emergency medical services oversight. The code shows little relevant recent activity aligned with its stated scope.

The geographic spread of the four recent opportunities spans Florida (two opportunities), California (two), and Georgia (one). Representative solicitations include Muscogee County's RFP No. 26-0008 for inmate medical and pharmacy services (due May 15, 2026, with current monthly cost of $95,537.71 and an incumbent provider CorrectHealth Companies LLC), Collier County's RFP 25-8414 for pharmacy benefit management services covering approximately 7,200 members with historical spending around $8.7 million annually (due April 9, 2026), and Monroe County's RFP for virtual primary and urgent care services for approximately 2,300 county members (due April 16, 2026). These opportunities are unrelated to vascular or orthopedic surgery procurement, suggesting the code assignment may be a data-entry error or jurisdictional taxonomy misalignment rather than an indicator of active state and local demand for the surgical procedure the code names.