UNSPSC 85502566: Reposition left common carotid artery, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to reposition left common 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 03SJ0ZZ

UNSPSC 85502566 Reposition left common carotid artery, open approach is a Commodity code that does not reflect the work actually being solicited under it in recent state and local procurement. The code nominally describes a surgical procedure, but the recent opportunities posted under this classification are healthcare and medical services contracts unrelated to vascular surgery—inmate medical and pharmacy services, pharmacy benefit management, virtual primary care, peer support services, and fire department medical director roles. The mismatch suggests either a data tagging error at the issuing bodies or a taxonomic misalignment in the state procurement systems recording these solicitations.

The few recent opportunities present show activity across different types of local jurisdictions—a county prison system (Muscogee County, Georgia), a county benefits administration (Collier County, Florida), a county health plan (Monroe County, Florida), a county behavioral health department (San Mateo County, California), and a municipal fire department (Santa Monica, California)—but the code itself does not provide a coherent basis for evaluating opportunity concentration or geographic spread. Business development professionals should verify the correct UNSPSC classification with issuing bodies before allocating pursuit resources to contracts tagged under this code.