UNSPSC 85501658: Release innominate artery, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to release innominate artery, open 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 03N20ZZ

UNSPSC 85501658 Release innominate artery, open approach is a Commodity code that shows minimal relevance to actual state and local procurement activity. The code nominally describes a surgical procedure for vascular repair, yet the recent opportunities tagged under it reflect healthcare administration and management services—pharmacy benefit management, inmate medical services, virtual primary care, peer support for mental health workers, and fire department medical direction. These solicitations have no connection to surgical interventions or vascular procedures. The mismatch indicates that state and local issuers are applying the code incorrectly to healthcare contracting work that falls outside its surgical scope. The code shows no recent activity aligned with its stated definition.

Because the code's recent opportunities are misaligned with its intended commodity classification, a vendor pursuing work under UNSPSC 85501658 should disregard this taxonomy entry and instead search state and local RFPs under healthcare administration and staffing codes. The issuers posting these opportunities—Muscogee County Prison (Georgia), Collier County (Florida), Monroe County (Florida), San Mateo County (California), and Santa Monica Fire Department (California)—are procuring through their human resources, benefits, and health services divisions, not surgical or vascular care vendors. Vendors in healthcare staffing, pharmacy benefits management, virtual care platforms, and behavioral health services should monitor those procurement offices directly rather than rely on UNSPSC 85501658 as a search signal.