UNSPSC 85501149: Destruction of right vertebral artery, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to destruction of right 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 035P0ZZ

UNSPSC 85501149 Destruction of right vertebral artery, open approach is a Commodity code that shows no relevant recent activity in state and local procurement. The code appears to describe a surgical procedure — a clinical intervention that does not align with the purchasing patterns of state and local government bodies, which do not procure individual surgical procedures as line items in public procurement. The recent opportunities posted under this code are unrelated to the code's nominal scope and consist instead of health service contracting: independent medical evaluation administration, surgery benefit carve-outs for employee health plans, occupational medical surveillance, emergency and specialty medical care for detained youth, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing.

State and local procurement under codes tagged as 85501149 in the available data reflects demand for health services administration, contracting support, and workforce augmentation — not surgical procedures themselves. Issuing bodies include city retirement offices, municipal health benefits administrators, state transportation agencies, county juvenile probation departments, county commissioners, and county health systems across Arizona, California, Florida, and Washington. A representative recent opportunity is the City of Phoenix Retirement Office's RFP RTMRFP26001 (due October 16, 2026) for independent medical evaluation services supporting disability benefit determinations, with a maximum contract value of $750,000 over five years. Another is the Washington State Department of Transportation's RFP 20260825 (due October 9, 2026) for occupational medical surveillance across 14 ferry system locations. The code's use in state and local procurement appears to be a taxonomic mismatch rather than active market activity in the procedure itself.