UNSPSC 85502551: Supplement right external carotid artery with synthetic substitute, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to supplement right external carotid artery with synthetic 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 03UM0JZ

UNSPSC 85502551 Supplement right external carotid artery with synthetic substitute, open approach is a Commodity code that shows no relevant recent state and local procurement activity. The six recent opportunities tagged under this code span independent medical evaluations for public safety pension boards, surgical benefit carve-outs for municipal employees, occupational health surveillance for ferry system workers, emergency medical services for detained youth, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing — none of which involve vascular surgical procedures or synthetic arterial grafts. The code appears to be a clinical procedure classification from a medical taxonomy rather than a procurement commodity, and state and local procurement offices are either misapplying the code or using it as a catch-all for health services contracting where the actual work does not match the code's surgical procedure scope.

The issuing bodies in the recent block are city retirement offices, municipalities, a state transportation department, a county juvenile probation department, a county health consortium, and a county health system across Arizona, California, Washington, Florida, and Texas. No vendor has been awarded under this code in the source material, and no solicitation explicitly calls for carotid artery grafting or synthetic vascular substitutes. A firm pursuing opportunities under this code should verify that actual procurement need before investing in pursuit strategy.