UNSPSC 85502636: Occlusion of left external carotid artery with extraluminal device, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to occlusion of left external carotid artery with extraluminal 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 03LN0CZ

UNSPSC 85502636 Occlusion of left external carotid artery with extraluminal device, open approach is a Commodity code that does not reflect the state and local procurement activity currently tagged under it. Recent opportunities posted under this code—independent medical evaluation services for disability pension determinations, surgical benefit carve-out programs for municipal employees, occupational medical surveillance for state ferry workers, emergency and specialty medical services for detained youth, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing—bear no clinical or procedural relationship to the code's nominal description of a specific vascular surgical intervention. The code appears misapplied across a diverse range of health system administration, occupational medicine, and benefits management functions that fall outside the scope of a defined surgical procedure.

The issuing bodies are varied municipal and county agencies, including the City of Phoenix Retirement Office, City of Long Beach, Washington State Department of Transportation, Harris County Juvenile Probation Department, Collier County Board of County Commissioners, and County of Santa Clara Health System, reflecting fragmented procurement across different service lines and jurisdictions rather than coherent buying activity under a single clinical or procedural category. Geographic activity spans Arizona, California, Washington, Texas, and Florida. Given the mismatch between the code's procedural definition and the administrative and occupational health services actually being solicited, this Commodity code shows little actionable signal for firms pursuing state and local work related to the stated procedure or clinical practice area.