UNSPSC 85502000: Principal arteries chest or thorax, open approach-part E

This class includes one or more of 17 standard surgical interventions or procedures on component parts of the principal arteries of the chest or thorax with open approach. These surgical interventions or procedures are listed in the World Health Organization's International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems or ICD-10 PCS under code 03.

UNSPSC 85502000 Principal arteries chest or thorax, open approach-part E is a Class code showing little relevant recent activity. The code's nominal scope — surgical procedures on the principal arteries of the chest — does not align with state and local procurement opportunities actually being posted under this classification. The recent opportunities tagged to this code span occupational medical surveillance, disability medical evaluations, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, surgical benefits carve-outs for employee health plans, and emergency medical services for detained youth. None of these activities involve principal artery surgical procedures or inpatient hospital-based open surgical approaches to the thorax.

The mismatch suggests misclassification at the source rather than a substantive market for thoracic arterial surgery procurement at the state and local level. Entities posting these opportunities — the City of Phoenix Retirement Office, City of Long Beach, Washington State Department of Transportation, Harris County Juvenile Probation Department, Collier County, and Santa Clara County Health System — are sourcing administrative medical services, health plan benefits management, and staffing support, not surgical procedures themselves. State and local governments do not typically procure individual surgical procedures as line-item contracting vehicles; they purchase insurance, third-party administration, provider networks, and staffing. This code does not reflect active state and local procurement opportunity in its intended scope.