UNSPSC 85501246: Release left vertebral artery, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to release 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 03NQ3ZZ

UNSPSC 85501246, Release left vertebral artery, percutaneous approach, is a Commodity code that describes a specific surgical procedure code. The recent state and local opportunities posted under this code show little direct alignment with the nominal procedure scope; instead, the opportunities reflect a mismatch between the UNSPSC taxonomy assignment and the work actually being solicited. The code does not appear to be capturing state and local procurement for the vertebral artery procedure itself. Rather, the opportunities tagged under this code encompass occupational medical surveillance, disability medical evaluations, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, and surgery benefit carve-out programs — administrative healthcare services, benefit plan management, and clinical staffing functions that fall outside interventional vascular surgery.

The recent opportunities span multiple issuing bodies and states: the Washington State Department of Transportation (occupational medical surveillance for ferry workers), the City of Phoenix Retirement Office (disability medical record preparation and independent medical evaluations), the City of Long Beach (surgical procedure carve-out benefits management), Harris County Juvenile Probation Department (emergency and specialty medical services for detained youth), Collier County Board of County Commissioners (pharmacy benefit management), and Santa Clara County Health System (temporary health professional staffing). Geographic activity is spread across Washington, Arizona, California, Texas, and Florida. The code's current tagging appears to be a cataloging error rather than a signal of active state and local procurement for vertebral artery release procedures. Business development professionals should verify code assignment with state and local procurement offices before pursuing opportunities under this classification; the recent activity does not reflect the procedure's clinical scope.