UNSPSC 85501302: Insertion of infusion device into left vertebral artery, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to insertion of infusion device into 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 03HQ33Z

UNSPSC 85501302 Insertion of infusion device into left vertebral artery, percutaneous approach is a Commodity code whose nominal scope — a specific percutaneous medical procedure — bears no meaningful relationship to the state and local contract opportunities recently posted under it. The five opportunities in the source span inmate medical and pharmacy services, pharmacy benefit management for county employees, virtual primary and urgent care, peer support services for mental health workers, and fire department medical direction — none of which involve the insertion of infusion devices into vertebral arteries. The code shows a systematic mismatch between its technical medical-procedure definition and the healthcare administration, management services, and primary care delivery work that state and local procurement offices are actually tagging with it.

The absence of relevant recent opportunities under this code reflects a fundamental categorization problem in how state and local procurement systems have indexed these solicitations. No state agency, county health department, municipal fire department, or other issuing body in the recent block has solicited the specific clinical procedure named in the code. Procurement professionals evaluating this code should treat it as inactive for state and local contracting purposes and verify the correct UNSPSC family or class code applicable to the healthcare services category their firm actually targets.