UNSPSC 85501122: Excision of intracranial artery, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to excision of intracranial 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 03BG0ZZ

UNSPSC 85501122 Excision of intracranial artery, open approach is a Commodity code that sits within a healthcare procedural taxonomy but shows a significant mismatch with actual state and local procurement activity. The code nominally describes a specific neurosurgical procedure, yet recent solicitations tagged under this code do not involve procurement of surgical procedures themselves; instead, state and local bodies are buying healthcare administration, staffing, and benefits management services—occupational medical surveillance, independent medical evaluations for pension determinations, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, and surgical carve-out benefit program administration. This disconnect suggests either a cataloging error in how opportunities were tagged or that the code is being used as a catch-all placeholder for healthcare-related services without granular procedure-specific codes in use.

The issuing bodies include city retirement offices, county commissioners, state transportation departments, county juvenile justice systems, and county health systems. Recent activity spans Arizona (City of Phoenix Retirement Office RFP for independent medical evaluation services with a $750,000 five-year maximum, due October 16, 2026), California (City of Long Beach RFP for surgical benefits carve-out program management, due October 7, 2026; County of Santa Clara Health System RFQ for temporary health professional staffing, due October 7, 2026), Washington (Washington State Department of Transportation RFP for occupational medical surveillance for ferry workers, due October 9, 2026), Florida (Collier County RFP for pharmacy benefit management with historical annual spend of $8.7 million, due April 9, 2026), and Texas (Harris County Juvenile Probation Department RFI for emergency and specialty medical services for detained youth, due September 25, 2026). The code shows no meaningful alignment with its stated neurosurgical scope and does not represent a viable procurement category for firms specializing in surgical services or procedures.