UNSPSC 85502759: Destruction of face artery, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to destruction of face 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 035R0ZZ

UNSPSC 85502759 Destruction of face artery, open approach is a Commodity code that shows little relevant recent activity in state and local procurement. The code nominally describes a surgical procedure, but the five most recent state and local opportunities tagged to it—inmate medical and pharmacy services for a county prison, pharmacy benefit management services for a county employee health plan, virtual primary and urgent care services for county members, peer support services for mental health workers, and fire department medical director services—span healthcare administration, clinical service delivery, and behavioral health support with no connection to vascular surgery or face artery procedures. The mismatch between the code's surgical scope and the opportunities actually being solicited suggests either systematic miscoding in the source data or a fundamental misalignment between the UNSPSC taxonomy and how the issuing bodies are tagging healthcare and social services contracts.

No recent state and local procurement activity directly matches the code's stated surgical scope. The Columbus Consolidated Government (Georgia) posted an RFP for inmate medical services due May 15, 2026; Collier County (Florida) issued an RFP for pharmacy benefit management services due April 9, 2026; Monroe County (Florida) solicited virtual primary and urgent care services with proposals due April 16, 2026; San Mateo County (California) sought peer support services for mental health workers with a July 2, 2025 deadline; and the Santa Monica Fire Department (California) requested proposals for a medical director with an October 16, 2025 due date. None of these opportunities involve face artery procedures or surgical services. If your firm pursues state and local healthcare contracting, verify the correct UNSPSC code classification before allocating business development resources to this code.