UNSPSC 85502965: Reposition right external carotid artery, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to reposition right external carotid artery, 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 03SM3ZZ

UNSPSC 85502965 Reposition right external carotid artery, percutaneous approach is a Commodity code that nominally describes a specific vascular surgical procedure, but recent state and local contract opportunities posted under this code do not reflect surgical or medical device procurement aligned with that description. Instead, the opportunities tagged to this code span comprehensive healthcare service delivery — inmate medical and pharmacy services, pharmacy benefit management administration, virtual primary and urgent care, peer support services for behavioral health workers, and fire department medical direction — none of which involve repositioning of external carotid arteries or percutaneous vascular intervention. The mismatch between the code's abstract name and the work actually being solicited suggests either miscoding in the state and local systems or use of the code as a catch-all placeholder for health services broadly.

The issuing bodies include a county jail system (Muscogee County, Georgia), a county human resources and benefits division (Collier County, Florida), a county board of commissioners health plan (Monroe County, Florida), a county behavioral health department (San Mateo County, California), and a municipal fire department (Santa Monica, California). Representative recent opportunities include the Columbus Consolidated Government's RFP No. 26-0008 for inmate medical and pharmacy services at Muscogee County Prison (due May 15, 2026), Collier County's RFP 25-8414 for pharmacy benefit management services covering approximately 2,400 county employees and 4,800 covered members with historical annual pharmacy spending around $8.7 million (due April 9, 2026), and Monroe County's RFP for virtual primary and urgent care services for approximately 2,300 county members (due April 16, 2026). Geographic activity spans Georgia, Florida, and California. Given the systematic misalignment between code definition and recent solicitation content, this code does not represent a stable or relevant procurement category for business development targeting state and local health services.