UNSPSC 85501043: Replacement of left vertebral artery with autologous tissue substitute, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to replacement of left vertebral 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 03RQ07Z

UNSPSC 85501043 Replacement of left vertebral artery with autologous tissue substitute, open approach is a Commodity code that does not align with recent state and local procurement activity. The code nominally describes a specific surgical procedure for vascular repair, yet the six recent opportunities posted under this classification span independent medical evaluations for pension disability determinations, surgical procedure carve-out benefits for employee health plans, occupational medical surveillance for transportation workers, emergency and specialty medical services for detained youth, pharmacy benefit management administration, and temporary ancillary health professional staffing. None of these procurements concern vertebral artery replacement or the clinical procedure the code describes; they are instead administrative, staffing, and benefit-management services. This mismatch suggests either a classification error in the state and local procurement databases or a significant gap between the code's nominal scope and how issuing bodies are tagging their actual medical-services opportunities.

The issuing bodies in the recent activity are mixed—the City of Phoenix Retirement Office, City of Long Beach, Washington State Department of Transportation (on behalf of Washington State Ferries), Harris County Juvenile Probation Department, Collier County Board of County Commissioners, and County of Santa Clara Health System—spanning municipal pension boards, city benefits administration, state transportation agencies, county juvenile justice, and county health systems. Geographic spread includes Arizona, California, Washington, Texas, and Florida. The most concrete recent opportunity is the City of Phoenix Retirement Office's RFP RTMRFP26001 for independent medical evaluation services, due October 16, 2026, with a five-year contract ceiling of $750,000 beginning February 3, 2027. Given the mismatch between code definition and actual procurement content, firms pursuing work under this code should verify classification with the issuing body before bid preparation.