UNSPSC 85501201: Restriction of left vertebral artery, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to restriction of left vertebral artery, percutaneous 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 03VQ3ZZ

UNSPSC 85501201 Restriction of left vertebral artery, percutaneous approach is a Commodity code that does not align with recent state and local procurement activity. The code's clinical nomenclature describes a specific medical procedure, yet the recent opportunities posted under this code span occupational medical surveillance, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, independent disability medical evaluations, surgical benefit carve-outs, and youth detention healthcare services — none of which involve vertebral artery restriction procedures. The mismatch indicates that state and local procurement systems have tagged diverse health services procurement under a code whose scope is narrowly procedural and unsuited to the actual work being solicited.

The recent opportunities show activity across a mix of issuing bodies including state departments (Washington State Department of Transportation), county systems (Harris County Juvenile Probation Department, Collier County Board of County Commissioners, Santa Clara Health System), and city retirement offices (City of Phoenix). Representative solicitations include the Washington State Department of Transportation's occupational medical surveillance RFP (due October 9, 2026) for baseline and periodic examinations across 14 ferry system locations; Collier County's pharmacy benefit management RFP (due April 9, 2026, with historical annual spend of approximately $8.7 million); the City of Phoenix Retirement Office's independent medical evaluation services RFP (due October 16, 2026, with a maximum five-year contract value of $750,000); and the County of Santa Clara Health System's qualified vendor pool for temporary ancillary health professional staffing (due October 7, 2026). Activity is concentrated in Arizona, California, Florida, and Washington. The code shows little relevant recent activity for vendors pursuing work that matches the vertebral artery restriction procedure described in its name.