UNSPSC 85501466: Occlusion of left vertebral artery, percutaneous endoscopic approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to occlusion of left vertebral artery, 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 03LQ4ZZ

UNSPSC 85501466 Occlusion of left vertebral artery, percutaneous endoscopic approach is a Commodity code that does not align with recent state and local procurement activity. The code nominally describes a specific surgical procedure for vascular occlusion, yet the recent opportunities posted under this code span occupational medical surveillance, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, independent medical evaluations, surgical benefit carve-outs, and emergency youth detention healthcare services. These solicitations reflect administrative health services, benefit management, and staffing procurement rather than the discrete procedural intervention the code's name suggests. The mismatch indicates either miscoding by issuing bodies or that this Commodity code serves as a catch-all for health service categories that lack precise alignment in the UNSPSC taxonomy.

The issuing bodies soliciting under this code include a state transportation agency (Washington State Department of Transportation), county-level entities (Harris County Juvenile Probation Department, Collier County Board of County Commissioners, County of Santa Clara Health System), and municipal agencies (City of Phoenix Retirement Office, City of Long Beach). Recent opportunities are concentrated in Arizona, California, Florida, Texas, and Washington. Representative recent solicitations include the Washington State Department of Transportation's RFP for occupational medical surveillance services (due October 9, 2026), the City of Phoenix Retirement Office's RFP for independent medical evaluation services supporting disability determinations (due October 16, 2026), the County of Santa Clara Health System's non-exclusive multiple-award solicitation for temporary health professional staffing across ancillary clinical categories (due October 7, 2026), and Collier County's RFP for pharmacy benefit management services (due April 9, 2026, with approximately $8.7 million in historical annual pharmacy spending). Given the disconnect between the code's surgical focus and the administrative and staffing work actually being solicited, vendors pursuing opportunities in this code should verify precise scope alignment with each issuing body rather than assume UNSPSC classification accuracy.