UNSPSC 85502703: Excision of left temporal artery, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to excision of 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 03BT0ZZ

UNSPSC 85502703 Excision of left temporal artery, open approach is a Commodity code that does not align with the state and local procurement opportunities recently posted under this designation. The code nominally describes a specific surgical procedure, yet the five recent state-local contract opportunities in the dataset—inmate medical and pharmacy services for a county prison, pharmacy benefit management services for county employees, virtual primary and urgent care services for county members, peer support services for mental health workers, and fire department medical director services—represent healthcare administration, management, and oversight functions rather than surgical procedures. State and local governments do not systematically procure specific surgical codes through formal competitive bidding; these opportunities reflect healthcare contracting for administrative programs, employee benefits management, and medical direction roles. The mismatch suggests that this UNSPSC code either has been applied incorrectly to these opportunities or sees no meaningful recent procurement activity aligned with its actual scope.

The recent opportunities span multiple issuing bodies—county health systems, corrections departments, and municipal fire departments—across Florida, Georgia, and California, but none involve the surgical service the code nominally describes. Muscogee County Correction Department's RFP No. 26-0008 (due May 15, 2026) and Collier County Board of County Commissioners' RFP 25-8414 (due April 9, 2026) center on clinical management and pharmacy administration rather than surgical procurement. Without concrete evidence that UNSPSC 85502703 is actively used to tag surgical-service procurement opportunities at the state and local level, this code appears unsuitable for business development targeting in the state and local procurement space.