UNSPSC 85502758: Destruction of right temporal artery, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to destruction of right 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 035S0ZZ

UNSPSC 85502758 Destruction of right temporal artery, open approach is a Commodity code that shows no relevant recent state and local procurement activity. The code nominally describes a surgical procedure, yet the five most recent state and local contract opportunities tagged under it are unrelated to surgical services: they include inmate medical and pharmacy services for a county prison, pharmacy benefit management for county employees, virtual primary and urgent care services, peer support services for mental health workers, and fire department medical director services. These solicitations span healthcare administration, managed care, and occupational health services with no connection to the vascular surgical procedure the code nominally names. The mismatch between the code's surgical nomenclature and the actual scope of work being purchased indicates either systematic miscoding in the source jurisdiction systems or a fundamental alignment failure between the UNSPSC taxonomy and how state and local procurement offices are tagging healthcare-related opportunities.

The issuing bodies across these opportunities—Muscogee County Prison (Georgia), Collier County Board of County Commissioners (Florida), Monroe County Board of County Commissioners (Florida), San Mateo County Health (California), and Santa Monica Fire Department (California)—represent county health administration, county benefits management, and municipal emergency services. No repeat buyers appear in the recent opportunities. The geographic spread spans Georgia, Florida, and California with no concentration in any single state or region. Business development professionals should flag this code as a false-positive match when evaluating healthcare procurement targets and rely instead on UNSPSC codes aligned with healthcare administration, pharmacy services, and occupational health staffing to identify genuine state and local opportunities in this space.