UNSPSC 85501323: Drainage of left vertebral artery, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to drainage 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 039Q3ZZ

UNSPSC 85501323 Drainage of left vertebral artery, percutaneous approach is a Commodity code that shows little relevant recent state and local procurement activity. The code's nominal scope—a specific surgical procedure—does not align with the recent opportunities posted under it, which reflect general health services, medical staffing, pharmacy benefits, and occupational health administration rather than any specialized drainage or vascular interventions.

The six recent opportunities tagged to this code span diverse issuing bodies including city retirement offices (Phoenix), municipal employee benefits programs (Long Beach), state transportation departments (Washington State Department of Transportation), county health systems (Santa Clara, Harris County), and county commissioners (Collier County). However, none of these solicitations target the percutaneous vertebral artery drainage procedure named in the code. Instead, the mix encompasses independent medical evaluation services for disability determinations, surgical carve-out benefit programs through Centers of Excellence networks, occupational medical surveillance for transportation workers, specialty and emergency medical services for detained youth, pharmacy benefit management administration, and temporary health professional staffing across ancillary clinical categories. This divergence between code assignment and actual procurement scope suggests either a data classification error or upstream vendor registration misalignment. Activity is geographically dispersed across Arizona, California, Florida, and Washington, with no clear geographic concentration. Unless this code is being used as an administrative catch-all for all healthcare-related procurements by these jurisdictions, the assignments do not reflect genuine demand for the specific procedure the code nominally describes.