UNSPSC 85502629: Occlusion of right temporal artery with intraluminal device, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to occlusion of right temporal artery with intraluminal device, 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 03LS0DZ

UNSPSC 85502629 Occlusion of right temporal artery with intraluminal device, open approach (Commodity) shows no relevant recent activity in state and local procurement. The six most recent opportunities posted under this code — spanning Phoenix retirement board disability evaluations, Long Beach surgical benefit administration, Washington State Ferries occupational medical surveillance, Harris County juvenile detention medical services, Collier County pharmacy benefit management, and Santa Clara County temporary health professional staffing — involve health plan administration, occupational health screening, detention facility acute care, and staffing services. None of these solicitations involve vascular surgical procedures, arterial occlusion devices, interventional radiology, or the clinical interventions the code nominally describes. The code appears to be a clinical procedure taxonomy entry misapplied by one or more state and local procurement offices to health services contracting outside its intended scope.

The issuing bodies using this code are a mix of municipal human resources and health departments (Phoenix, Long Beach, Santa Clara County Health System), a state transportation agency (Washington Department of Transportation), a county corrections agency (Harris County), and a county benefits consortium (Collier County). Geographic activity spans Arizona, California, Florida, and Washington, with no clear concentration. Given the mismatch between the code's clinical procedure focus and the actual contracting activity it captures, vendors should verify code accuracy in RFP and RFQ documents before responding and may wish to flag the tagging discrepancy with issuing bodies during Q&A cycles.