UNSPSC 85501027: Supplement left internal carotid artery with nonautologous tissue substitute, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to supplement left internal carotid artery with nonautologous tissue 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 03UL0KZ

UNSPSC 85501027 Supplement left internal carotid artery with nonautologous tissue substitute, open approach is a Commodity code nominally describing a specific surgical procedure, but recent state and local solicitations tagged under this code show minimal alignment with its procedural description. The code's recent activity spans occupational health surveillance, pharmacy benefit management, independent medical evaluations for pension disability determinations, temporary ancillary health professional staffing, and surgical benefit carve-out programs — none of which involve carotid artery supplementation. This mismatch suggests the code is being applied to health services procurements more broadly rather than to the specific vascular surgical procedure the code name denotes, or that the tagging reflects administrative artifact rather than scope alignment.

Issuing bodies include state transportation departments (Washington State Department of Transportation), county health systems (Santa Clara County Health System), county commissioners' boards (Collier County), cities (Phoenix, Long Beach), and special districts (Harris County Juvenile Probation Department). Geographic distribution spans Washington, California, Arizona, Florida, and Texas across recent postings. Representative opportunities include the Washington State Department of Transportation's RFP for occupational medical surveillance services for ferry workers across 14 locations with proposals due October 9, 2026; Phoenix's RFP for independent medical evaluation services supporting public safety pension disability determinations with proposals due October 16, 2026; Long Beach's RFP for surgical and specialty medical procedure carve-out benefits for its Anthem PPO enrollees with proposals due October 7, 2026; Collier County's RFP for pharmacy benefit management services supporting approximately 7,200 covered members with an April 9, 2026 deadline; and Santa Clara County Health System's non-exclusive qualification pool for temporary ancillary health professional staffing across 13 service categories with proposals due October 7, 2026. The code's application to health services rather than vascular surgery creates material risk that opportunities posted under this taxonomy may diverge from the specific procedure the code nominally describes.