UNSPSC 85501254: Occlusion of left vertebral artery with bioactive intraluminal device, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to occlusion of left vertebral artery with bioactive intraluminal 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 03LQ3BZ

UNSPSC 85501254 Occlusion of left vertebral artery with bioactive intraluminal device, percutaneous approach is a Commodity code that does not align with the recent state and local contract opportunities tagged under it. The source shows no procurement activity for vertebral artery occlusion devices or related interventional vascular procedures. Instead, the opportunities solicited fall across unrelated categories: independent medical evaluations for pension disability determinations, surgical care networks and Centers of Excellence, occupational health surveillance, youth detention medical services, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing. The mismatch suggests either a data-entry error in code assignment or a systemic misclassification that renders this code category unreliable for forecasting actual purchasing patterns in the medical device or interventional cardiology space.

Because the source contains no relevant recent opportunities under the stated UNSPSC code, the code shows little signal for business development targeting state and local procurement of vertebral artery occlusion devices or similar intravascular interventions. Vendors in interventional vascular devices would be better served monitoring codes aligned with hospital procurement, cardiovascular supplies, or implantable device categories rather than relying on this code's current tagging practices.