UNSPSC 85502520: Restriction of right external carotid artery, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to restriction of right external carotid 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 03VM0ZZ

UNSPSC 85502520 Restriction of right external carotid artery, open approach is a Commodity code that shows minimal alignment with actual state and local procurement activity. The code describes a specific surgical procedure — vascular intervention — but the recent opportunities posted under this code do not represent surgical procurement; instead, they span independent medical evaluation services, pharmacy benefit management, occupational medical surveillance, temporary health professional staffing, surgical benefit carve-outs for employee health plans, and emergency medical services for youth in custody. State and local issuing bodies appear to have tagged these opportunities with a clinical procedure code when the actual work being solicited is healthcare administration, staffing, and benefits management rather than direct provision of the named surgical procedure.

The geographic spread and issuing-body mix reflect general state and local healthcare procurement across multiple jurisdictions. Recent activity appears in Arizona (City of Phoenix Retirement Office), California (City of Long Beach, County of Santa Clara), Washington (Washington State Department of Transportation), Texas (Harris County Juvenile Probation Department), and Florida (Collier County Board of County Commissioners). The mix of soliciting bodies includes city retirement offices, municipal human resources departments, state transportation agencies, county health systems, juvenile probation departments, and county health benefit consortia. Representative recent opportunities include the City of Phoenix Retirement Office's RFP for independent medical evaluation services (RTMRFP26001, due October 16, 2026, $750,000 over five years), the Washington State Department of Transportation's RFP for occupational medical surveillance (RFP20260825, due October 9, 2026), and the County of Santa Clara Health System's qualification solicitation for temporary health professional staffing (RFSQHHSFY270052, due October 7, 2026). The code shows little relevant recent activity for the surgical procedure it nominally describes.