UNSPSC 85502811: Bypass left external carotid artery to left extracranial artery, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to bypass left external carotid artery to left extracranial 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 031N0ZK

UNSPSC 85502811 Bypass left external carotid artery to left extracranial artery, open approach is a Commodity code. The recent opportunities tagged with this code reveal a material mismatch between the code's nominal scope — a specific surgical procedure — and what state and local governments are actually buying under it. The tagged solicitations center on occupational medical surveillance, disability medical evaluations, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, and surgical benefit carve-outs through centers of excellence. None of these opportunities involve the named surgical procedure itself. The code shows little relevant recent activity aligned with its stated clinical scope; the opportunities appear to reflect either tagging errors or a downstream use of the code in broader health services procurement that diverges substantially from the procedure-specific nomenclature.

The issuing bodies span state health departments, county health systems, municipal retirement offices, and county probation authorities across Washington, Arizona, California, and Florida. The Washington State Department of Transportation requested occupational medical surveillance services due October 9, 2026; the City of Phoenix Retirement Office sought independent medical evaluation services with an October 16, 2026 deadline; the County of Santa Clara Health System posted a multiple-award qualified vendor pool for temporary health professional staffing due October 7, 2026; and Collier County issued an RFP for pharmacy benefit management services. Given the divergence between code definition and procurement activity, firms evaluating this code should verify the actual clinical or health services category they intend to pursue rather than relying on the commodity code designation alone.