UNSPSC 85501424: Supplement right vertebral artery with nonautologous tissue substitute, percutaneous endoscopic approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to supplement right vertebral artery with nonautologous tissue substitute, percutaneous endoscopic 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 03UP4KZ

UNSPSC 85501424 Supplement right vertebral artery with nonautologous tissue substitute, percutaneous endoscopic approach is a Commodity code that shows no relevant recent state and local procurement activity. The code describes a specific surgical procedure — supplementing the right vertebral artery with nonautologous tissue via percutaneous endoscopic technique — but the recent opportunities tagged under this code do not involve procurement of this procedure or related surgical implants or services. Instead, the opportunities solicited span occupational medical surveillance, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, independent disability medical evaluations, surgical carve-out benefit programs, and emergency youth detention healthcare services — none of which align with vertebral artery supplementation or the implant procurement that the code nominally represents.

The mismatch between the code's nominal scope and the actual work being solicited suggests that this code is either misapplied by the issuing bodies or that state and local procurement offices are using it as a catch-all classification for medical services without regard to its specific procedural definition. No representative opportunities exist that would signal genuine demand for this commodity among state and local buyers.