UNSPSC 85501253: Occlusion of left vertebral artery with extraluminal device, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to occlusion of left vertebral artery with extraluminal device, 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 03LQ3CZ

UNSPSC 85501253 Occlusion of left vertebral artery with extraluminal device, percutaneous approach is a Commodity code describing a specific surgical intervention, but recent state and local procurement activity under this code shows little relevance to the nominal scope — the opportunities posted are for medical management services, occupational health surveillance, pharmacy benefit administration, temporary clinical staffing, and emergency youth detention healthcare, none of which involve vertebral artery occlusion procedures or implantable devices. The code appears to function as a catch-all classification for diverse health service procurement rather than targeting a defined medical device or procedure line.

The issuing bodies soliciting under this code span multiple jurisdictions: the City of Phoenix Retirement Office (Arizona), the City of Long Beach (California), the Washington State Department of Transportation on behalf of Washington State Ferries, Harris County Juvenile Probation Department (Texas), Collier County Board of County Commissioners (Florida), and the County of Santa Clara Health System (California). Representative recent solicitations include the City of Phoenix's RFP for independent medical evaluation services for disability pension determinations (response due October 16, 2026), WSDOT's RFP for occupational medical surveillance across 14 Washington State ferry locations (response due October 9, 2026), and the County of Santa Clara's multiple-award pool for temporary health professional staffing in ancillary clinical categories (response due October 7, 2026). Geographic activity spans Arizona, California, Florida, Texas, and Washington, with no dominant concentration. The code does not signal a coherent procurement category and warrants investigation into whether the source data properly maps these health service opportunities to the vertebral artery occlusion commodity code.