UNSPSC 85501316: Extirpation of matter from right internal carotid artery, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to extirpation of matter from right internal carotid 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 03CK3ZZ

UNSPSC 85501316 Extirpation of matter from right internal carotid artery, percutaneous approach is a Commodity code that shows little relevant recent state and local procurement activity. The code's nominal scope—a specific interventional cardiology procedure—does not align with the six recent opportunities tagged under it in the state and local market.

The recent solicitations under this code span occupational medical surveillance (Washington State Department of Transportation, Washington State Ferries), independent medical evaluations for disability pension determinations (City of Phoenix), pharmacy benefit management (Collier County Board of County Commissioners), temporary health professional staffing (County of Santa Clara Health System), surgical procedure carve-out networks for employee health plans (City of Long Beach), and specialty medical services for detained youth (Harris County Juvenile Probation Department). None of these opportunities solicit the clinical procedure named in the code. The mismatch suggests either miscoding at the issuing-body level or a systematic overtagging of general healthcare administration under a procedure-specific commodity code. Buyers appear to be using this code as a catch-all for healthcare service contracting rather than as a signal of demand for the specific vascular intervention the code describes. State and local governments are actively procuring healthcare services—medical staffing, occupational health, employee health benefits, and clinical support—but not through solicitations that map cleanly to this Commodity code's actual scope.