UNSPSC 85502603: Repair left temporal artery, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to repair left temporal 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 03QT0ZZ

UNSPSC 85502603 Repair left temporal artery, open approach is a Commodity code that shows little relevant recent activity under state and local procurement. The code nominally describes a surgical procedure on a specific arterial vessel, but the recent state and local opportunities tagged to this code bear no meaningful relationship to surgical repair services. Instead, the solicitations cover inmate medical and pharmacy services, pharmacy benefit management, virtual primary and urgent care delivery, peer support for behavioral health workers, and fire department medical direction—none of which involve surgical arterial repair. The mismatch between the code's clinical scope and the opportunities posted suggests either a tagging error in the procurement records or a fundamental misalignment between the UNSPSC taxonomy and how the issuing bodies have classified their actual healthcare procurement activity.

The available opportunities span several states and issuing bodies—Columbus Consolidated Government (Georgia), Collier County (Florida), Monroe County (Florida), San Mateo County (California), and Santa Monica Fire Department (California)—but none directly support the code's nominal scope. Procurement professionals evaluating this code should treat it as inactive for surgical services contracting at the state and local level and verify the correct UNSPSC coding for healthcare service categories such as primary care delivery, pharmacy administration, or occupational health support before pursuing opportunities in those domains.