UNSPSC 85502612: Release left temporal artery, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to release 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 03NT0ZZ

UNSPSC 85502612 Release left temporal artery, open approach (Commodity) shows little relevant recent activity under state and local procurement. The code nominally describes a surgical procedure—release of the left temporal artery via open surgical approach—which falls outside the scope of goods and services typically procured by state and local agencies. The recent opportunities tagged to this code across the block span inmate medical and pharmacy services, pharmacy benefit management, virtual primary and urgent care, peer support services, and fire department medical direction. None of these solicitations involve the specific surgical procedure the code names; instead, they describe operational health services, administrative clinical staffing, and behavioral health support. The tagging appears to reflect a mismatch between the code's procedural content and the actual procurement activities being conducted.

State and local health authorities, county governments, and special-purpose districts have posted these opportunities—the Columbus Consolidated Government (Muscogee County Prison medical and pharmacy services, RFP 26-0008, due May 15, 2026), Collier County Board of County Commissioners (pharmacy benefit management services, RFP 25-8414, due April 9, 2026), Monroe County Board of County Commissioners (virtual primary and urgent care services, due April 16, 2026), San Mateo County Health Behavioral Health and Recovery Services (peer support for peer workers pilot, due July 2, 2025), and the Santa Monica Fire Department (medical director services, due October 16, 2025)—spanning Georgia, Florida, and California. The code appears to carry structural coding inconsistency rather than a genuine procurement signal; vendors should not expect opportunities to match the code's surgical-procedure description.