UNSPSC 85501124: Drainage of left vertebral artery with drainage device, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to drainage of left vertebral artery with drainage device, 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 039Q00Z

UNSPSC 85501124 Drainage of left vertebral artery with drainage device, open approach is a Commodity code that shows no meaningful state and local procurement activity aligned with its clinical taxonomy. The recent opportunities tagged to this code reflect procurement in occupational health surveillance, disability benefit medical record evaluation, employee health benefit administration, pharmacy benefit management, temporary clinical staffing, and youth detention medical services — none of which involve the surgical procedure named in the code. The mismatch between the code's medical procedure specificity and the operational health services actually being solicited suggests either a data-tagging error or use of the code as a generic catch-all for health services procurement where more precise coding is unavailable in the issuing body's system.

The issuing bodies are city retirement offices, state transportation departments, county health systems, county juvenile justice divisions, and municipal human resources departments across Arizona, California, Florida, and Washington. Representative recent solicitations include the City of Phoenix Retirement Office RFP for independent medical evaluation services (due October 16, 2026), the Washington State Department of Transportation RFP for occupational medical surveillance across 14 ferry terminals (due October 9, 2026), and the County of Santa Clara Health System non-exclusive multiple-award qualification for temporary health professional staffing across 13 ancillary clinical categories (due October 7, 2026). Given the taxonomic disconnect and the diversity of operational health services spanning this code's recent activity, the code warrants review for reclassification or replacement with health benefits management, occupational medicine, and temporary staffing codes that more accurately reflect current state and local buying patterns.