UNSPSC 85501442: Replacement of left vertebral artery with synthetic substitute, percutaneous endoscopic approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to replacement of left vertebral artery with synthetic 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 03RQ4JZ

UNSPSC 85501442, Replacement of left vertebral artery with synthetic substitute, percutaneous endoscopic approach, is a Commodity code that shows little relevant recent activity. The code nominally describes a specific surgical procedure, but the recent state and local opportunities tagged under it concern occupational medical surveillance, independent disability medical evaluations, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, and surgical carve-out programs for employee benefits — none of which involve vertebral artery replacement or the clinical procedure the code names. This appears to be a taxonomy mismatch where state and local procurement offices have applied an inappropriate medical procedure code to administrative health services and benefits management solicitations.

No substantive opportunities aligned with the code's nominal scope appear in the recent state and local contract records. The six most recent postings across Arizona, California, Florida, and Washington involve medical administration, staffing placement, and benefits program management rather than surgical implant procurement or procedural services. When a code displays this degree of misalignment between its title and what purchasing bodies actually solicit under it, the code signals either minimal relevant procurement activity, systematic miscoding by issuing bodies, or both. Business development professionals evaluating this code should verify with individual jurisdictions whether they intend to use this Commodity code for vertebral artery replacement procurement or whether the recent mis-tagged opportunities reflect a broader administrative classification error.