UNSPSC 85501748: Destruction of innominate artery, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to destruction of 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 03520ZZ

UNSPSC 85501748 Destruction of innominate artery, open approach is a Commodity code that in practice does not align with actual state and local procurement activity. The code nominally describes a surgical procedure, but recent state and local opportunities tagged under this code reflect no such work. Instead, the tagged solicitations address occupational medical surveillance, independent medical evaluations for pension disability determinations, surgical benefit carve-out programs for employee health plans, specialty medical services for detained youth, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing—none of which involve the procedure named in the code. The mismatch suggests either a classification error in the tagging system or a fundamental misalignment between the UNSPSC taxonomy and how issuing bodies are labeling their health services procurements.

The recent opportunities originate from diverse issuing bodies: the City of Phoenix Retirement Office (pension administration), the City of Long Beach (employee health benefits), the Washington State Department of Transportation (occupational health), Harris County Juvenile Probation Department (youth detention health services), Collier County (employee pharmacy benefits), and Santa Clara County Health System (clinical staffing). Geographic activity spans Arizona, California, Florida, and Washington, with no dominant state concentration. A representative recent solicitation is the Washington State Department of Transportation's RFP for occupational medical surveillance services (RFP20260825, due October 9, 2026), which required physician-supervised examinations across 14 ferry terminal locations, or the City of Phoenix Retirement Office's RFP for independent medical evaluation services (RTMRFP26001, due October 16, 2026, maximum contract value $750,000 over five years). Neither aligns with the code's stated scope. Bidders should treat this code as inactive for practical procurement purposes and verify scope alignment before investing in pursuit.