UNSPSC 85502929: Restriction of right common carotid artery with intraluminal device, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to restriction of right common carotid artery with intraluminal device, percutaneous 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 03VH3DZ

UNSPSC 85502929 Restriction of right common carotid artery with intraluminal device, percutaneous approach is a Commodity code with a nominal medical-device classification that does not align with the recent state and local contract opportunities posted under it. The source shows no recent solicitations for vascular intervention devices or procedures matching the code's clinical scope; instead, the posted opportunities span independent medical evaluations for pension disability determinations, surgical benefit carve-out programs, occupational medical surveillance, emergency and specialty healthcare for detained youth, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing services. These activities fall outside the narrow procedural and device focus the code nominally describes and suggest either categorical mistagging in the jurisdiction databases or administrative coding variance that renders this code unsuitable as a reliable signal for pursuing vascular device or intervention contracting.

The issuing bodies in the recent block span city pension offices, municipal employee benefits, state transportation departments, county juvenile justice systems, county health systems, and regional health authorities across Arizona, California, Florida, and Washington—a geographically distributed set of public-sector buyers pursuing administrative health services, staffing augmentation, and benefit-plan administration rather than medical devices or procedures. No recent opportunities appear to solicit the restriction of carotid artery or intraluminal device products or services that the code describes. State and local buyers using this code appear to do so incidentally or through administrative classification systems that do not match procurement intent; practitioners pursuing medical device or vascular intervention contracting should verify code accuracy in source solicitations before investing RFP response effort.