UNSPSC 85502761: Destruction of right external carotid artery, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to destruction of right external carotid 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 035M0ZZ

UNSPSC 85502761 Destruction of right external carotid artery, open approach is a Commodity code that shows no meaningful alignment with recent state and local contract opportunities. The code describes a surgical procedure—specifically the ablation or ligation of the external carotid artery via open surgical approach—yet the six most recent opportunities posted under this code are medical and health services contracts unrelated to vascular surgery: independent medical evaluations for pension disability determinations, surgical carve-out benefit programs, occupational medical surveillance, emergency and specialty care for youth in custody, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing across ancillary clinical categories. None of these solicitations involve vascular surgical procedures or the destruction of the external carotid artery.

The geographic spread of these opportunities spans Arizona (City of Phoenix), California (City of Long Beach, County of Santa Clara), Texas (Harris County), Washington State (Department of Transportation), and Florida (Collier County), with issuing bodies including municipal retirement offices, city employee health programs, state transportation agencies, juvenile probation departments, and county health systems. The mismatch between the code's nominal scope and the actual work being solicited suggests either a systematic miscoding issue at the state and local procurement level or that this Commodity code is not an active category for real purchasing activity in the jurisdictions represented. Business development professionals should verify the correct UNSPSC classification before pursuing opportunities tagged under this code, as the current tagging does not reflect the actual scope of work being bought.