UNSPSC 85501251: Occlusion of left vertebral artery, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to occlusion 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 03LQ3ZZ

UNSPSC 85501251 Occlusion of left vertebral artery, percutaneous approach is a Commodity code that appears to describe a specific interventional medical procedure, yet the recent state and local opportunities posted under this code show no alignment with the code's nominal scope. Instead, the opportunities reflect healthcare administration, employee benefits management, occupational medical surveillance, and temporary staffing services—none of which involve vertebral artery intervention. The mismatch suggests either miscoding by the issuing bodies or a data classification error; the code shows little relevant recent activity in the vertigo or neurointerventional procedure procurement space that the code name implies.

The six recent opportunities span diverse issuing bodies and geographies, but none address vascular intervention: the City of Phoenix Retirement Office (Arizona) solicited independent medical evaluation services for disability benefit determinations; the City of Long Beach (California) requested surgery benefit carve-out management for a PPO plan; the Washington State Department of Transportation (Washington) requested occupational medical surveillance for ferry workers; Harris County Juvenile Probation Department (Texas) issued an RFI for emergency and specialty medical services for detained youth; Collier County (Florida) solicited pharmacy benefit management services with approximately $8.7 million in annual spend; and Santa Clara County Health System (California) established a qualified vendor pool for temporary health professional staffing across 13 ancillary clinical categories. Without opportunities reflecting actual procedure-level vascular intervention procurement by state or local entities, pursuing this code in its current form does not appear actionable for vendors offering interventional cardiology or neurosurgery services.