UNSPSC 85502547: Supplement left external carotid artery with nonautologous tissue substitute, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to supplement left external carotid artery with nonautologous tissue substitute, 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 03UN0KZ

UNSPSC 85502547 Supplement left external carotid artery with nonautologous tissue substitute, open approach is a Commodity code that shows no relevant recent activity in state and local procurement. The recent opportunities tagged to this code—independent medical evaluations for disability pension determinations, surgical benefit carve-outs for employee health plans, occupational medical surveillance, emergency medical services for detained youth, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing—are administrative healthcare services and staffing procurement, not surgical or vascular interventional procedures. The code's nominal scope describes a specific operative procedure typically performed in hospital settings as inpatient or outpatient care, not a procurement category that state and local governments use to solicit services or supplies.

State and local healthcare purchasing does occur under clinical procedure codes, but the opportunities in this record do not align with vascular surgical interventions. The mismatch suggests that either the code was misapplied to these opportunities or this particular code does not reflect current state and local procurement activity in a meaningful way for business development purposes.