UNSPSC 85502653: Insertion of infusion device into right thyroid artery, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to insertion of infusion device into right thyroid 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 03HU03Z

UNSPSC 85502653 Insertion of infusion device into right thyroid artery, open approach is a Commodity code that shows minimal alignment with recent state and local procurement activity. The code nominally describes a specific surgical procedure — insertion of an infusion device into the right thyroid artery via open surgical approach — yet the recent opportunities posted under this code do not involve thyroid interventions, vascular access procedures, or surgical services at all. Instead, the sourced solicitations span inmate healthcare management, pharmacy benefit administration, virtual primary care services, peer support for behavioral health workers, and fire department medical direction. The mismatch between the code's nominal scope and the actual work being bought suggests either miscoding at the issuing body or that this code does not reflect genuine procurement activity in state and local contracting for the services named.

The recent-opportunities block contains five opportunities, none of which involve the thyroid procedure named in the code. The Columbus Consolidated Government (Georgia) is soliciting inmate medical and pharmacy services for a county prison with 576 offenders; Collier County, Florida is procuring pharmacy benefit management services for 2,400 employees and 4,800 covered members with historical annual spending near $8.7 million; Monroe County, Florida is seeking virtual primary and urgent care services for approximately 2,300 county members; San Mateo County, California is funding a Mental Health Services Act peer support pilot with $580,000 over three years; and the Santa Monica Fire Department is recruiting a physician to serve as EMS Medical Director overseeing approximately 18,000 annual emergency calls. Given the absence of relevant procurement activity under this code in the recent state and local opportunities dataset, business development professionals should treat this code as inactive for procurement purposes and focus resources on codes that better match their service offerings.