UNSPSC 85502522: Restriction of right external carotid artery with extraluminal device, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to restriction of right external carotid artery with extraluminal device, 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 03VM0CZ

UNSPSC 85502522 Restriction of right external carotid artery with extraluminal device, open approach is a Commodity code that does not align with state and local procurement activity reflected in recent solicitations. The code nominally describes a specific surgical procedure — restriction of the right external carotid artery using an extraluminal device via open surgical approach — yet the recent opportunities tagged under it span occupational medical surveillance, disability medical evaluation services, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, surgical procedure carve-out benefits, and youth detention emergency medical services. None of these solicitations procure the discrete procedural service the code names, and the mismatch suggests either systematic miscoding in the source data or a fundamental disconnect between UNSPSC taxonomy application and the work actually being bought.

The code shows no genuine recent activity aligned with its stated scope. State and local procurement professionals evaluating this code should treat it as inactive for current opportunity tracking and consider whether the issuing jurisdictions (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) have miscategorized their medical services and staffing solicitations upstream. Pursuit under this code is not supported by the available evidence.