UNSPSC 85501032: Supplement right internal carotid artery with autologous tissue substitute, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to supplement right internal carotid artery with autologous 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 03UK07Z

UNSPSC 85501032 Supplement right internal carotid artery with autologous tissue substitute, open approach is a Commodity code nominally describing a specific surgical procedure, but recent state and local procurement activity tagged to this code shows a mismatch between the code's clinical scope and what jurisdictions are actually buying. The code appears in solicitations for occupational medical surveillance, independent medical evaluations for disability determinations, pharmacy benefit management services, temporary health professional staffing, surgical benefit carve-out programs, and emergency/specialty medical services for detained youth — none of which involve vascular supplementation or autologous tissue grafting. This suggests the code is either incorrectly assigned by issuing bodies or used as a catch-all administrative placeholder for medical services procurement when more specific clinical codes are unavailable or unknown.

The issuing bodies span a mix of state agencies (Washington State Department of Transportation), counties (Harris County, Santa Clara County, Collier County), cities (Phoenix, Long Beach), and municipal health systems (Santa Clara Health System, Long Beach). Recent representative opportunities include the Washington State Ferries' occupational medical surveillance RFP (due October 9, 2026, pre-bid August 31), the City of Phoenix Retirement Office's independent medical evaluation services RFP (due October 16, 2026, with questions due September 29), the City of Long Beach's surgical benefit carve-out RFP (due October 7, 2026), and Collier County's pharmacy benefit management RFP (originally due April 9, 2026). Geographic activity spans Washington, Arizona, California, Texas, and Florida, with no single jurisdiction dominating. The actual work being procured under this code—occupational health surveillance, disability benefits medical review, specialty surgery networks, and clinical staffing—bears no substantive relationship to the code's nominal clinical descriptor and signals that reliance on this code for market targeting or pipeline management would be unreliable.