UNSPSC 85502669: Extirpation of matter from right thyroid artery, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to extirpation of matter from 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 03CU0ZZ

UNSPSC 85502669 Extirpation of matter from right thyroid artery, open approach is a Commodity code with a misaligned scope: the code's nominal description references a specific surgical procedure on a thyroid artery, but recent state and local opportunities posted under this code show no procurement activity for that procedure. Instead, the recent opportunities cover occupational medical surveillance, disability medical evaluations, surgical benefit carve-outs, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, specialty medical services for detained youth, and independent medical evaluation services. The code appears to be applied inconsistently or incorrectly by posting jurisdictions, resulting in opportunities that fall outside the code's stated surgical scope and represent broad occupational health, benefits administration, and health professional staffing services instead.

No meaningful concentration of issuing bodies or geographic patterns exists because the recent opportunities span unrelated service categories. The City of Phoenix Retirement Office seeks independent medical evaluation services for disability pension determinations (RFP RTMRFP26001, due October 16, 2026); the City of Long Beach seeks surgical benefit carve-out management for employee health plans (RFP HR26753, due October 7, 2026); the Washington State Department of Transportation requests occupational medical surveillance services across 14 ferry system locations (RFP RFP20260825, due October 9, 2026); Harris County Juvenile Probation Department issues an RFI for emergency and specialty medical services for detained youth (RFI 071626BNM, due September 25, 2026); and the County of Santa Clara Health System establishes a qualified vendor pool for temporary health professional staffing in ancillary clinical categories (RFSQHHSFY270052, due October 7, 2026). Given the mismatch between code definition and actual procurement activity, this code does not represent a coherent purchasing opportunity for surgical procedures and should be verified against the issuing jurisdictions' actual procurements before pursuit.