UNSPSC 85501327: Drainage of left internal carotid artery, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to drainage of left 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 039L3ZZ

UNSPSC 85501327 Drainage of left internal carotid artery, percutaneous approach is a Commodity code that shows no relevant recent state and local procurement activity. The code nominally describes a specific invasive medical procedure, but the six recent opportunities posted under this code across Arizona, California, Florida, and Washington reflect instead occupational health surveillance, employee benefit administration, pharmacy management, temporary clinical staffing, and disability evaluation services—none of which align with the code's stated scope of a particular vascular intervention.

The mismatch between code assignment and actual procurement scope suggests either systematic miscoding at the issuing body level or use of the code as a catch-all placeholder for health services that lack more specific UNSPSC alignment. The opportunities do reflect legitimate state and local health-services demand—the City of Phoenix Retirement Office seeking disability medical evaluation services ($750,000 over five years), the Washington State Department of Transportation requesting occupational medical surveillance across 14 ferries locations, the City of Long Beach purchasing surgical carve-out networks for its PPO, Collier County seeking pharmacy benefit management (~$8.7 million annually in historical spend), and the County of Santa Clara Health System building a qualified vendor pool for temporary clinical staffing—but none constitute drainage procedures or vascular interventions. Business development professionals should treat this code as inactive for its nominal clinical scope and flag the issuing bodies' UNSPSC coding practices for clarification before pursuing opportunities posted against it.