UNSPSC 85502573: Replacement of right thyroid artery with autologous tissue substitute, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to replacement of right thyroid artery with autologous 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 03RU07Z

UNSPSC 85502573 Replacement of right thyroid artery with autologous tissue substitute, open approach is a Commodity code that does not reflect the work state and local governments are actually buying under this classification. Recent solicitations posted against the code involve occupational health surveillance, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, independent medical evaluations for pension disability determinations, surgical benefit carve-out programs, and emergency medical services for detained youth — none of which align with the thyroid-surgery procedure named in the code title. The mismatch suggests either miscoding in the source opportunities or a data quality issue in how the code has been assigned to these procurement activities. State and local buyers issuing against this code include health systems, county human resources divisions, state transportation departments, county juvenile probation offices, and pension boards across Arizona, California, Florida, and Washington.

No state and local procurement activity directly matching the surgical procedure specified in UNSPSC 85502573 appears in recent public notices. The six opportunities posted under this code instead represent health service administration, clinical staffing, and occupational medicine — categories that fall outside the scope of the coded commodity. This pattern indicates either systematic miscoding of these health-system and county-level solicitations or a code that sees little to no relevant state and local procurement demand. Firms pursuing this code should clarify the actual commodity scope with the issuing bodies before submitting qualifications or proposals.