UNSPSC 85501036: Reposition left vertebral artery, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to reposition left 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 03SQ0ZZ

UNSPSC 85501036 "Reposition left vertebral artery, open approach" is a Commodity code whose title describes a specific surgical procedure, yet recent state and local opportunities posted under this code show no alignment with vertebral artery repositioning. Instead, the solicitations tagged to this code cover occupational medical surveillance, independent disability medical evaluations, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, surgical center-of-excellence networks, and specialty medical services for detained youth. The code appears to have been misapplied across a range of health services administration and clinical staffing activities that bear no relation to the procedure named in the Commodity description. State and local issuers posting under this code include city retirement offices, state transportation departments, county health systems, county probation departments, and county commissioners' boards. The issuing bodies span Arizona, California, Florida, Texas, and Washington, with no geographic concentration evident in the recent opportunities.

Representative recent solicitations include the City of Phoenix Retirement Office's request for independent medical evaluation services (RFP RTMRFP26001, due October 16, 2026) for disability benefit determinations across approximately 75 annual applications at a maximum of $750,000 over five years; the Washington State Department of Transportation's request for occupational medical surveillance services (RFP RFP20260825, due October 9, 2026) covering baseline and periodic medical examinations for ferry system employees across 14 locations statewide; the County of Santa Clara Health System's non-exclusive multiple-award qualification vehicle for temporary health professional staffing across 13 ancillary clinical categories (RFSQHHSFY270052, due October 7, 2026); and Collier County's pharmacy benefit management services request (RFP 25-8414, due April 9, 2026) with historical annual pharmacy spending of approximately $8.7 million. The mismatch between the code's stated surgical scope and the actual work being solicited suggests systematic miscoding rather than genuine procurement activity in vertebral artery procedures at the state and local level.