UNSPSC 85502982: Release left external carotid artery, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to release left 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 03NN3ZZ

UNSPSC 85502982 Release left external carotid artery, percutaneous approach is a Commodity code with minimal alignment to state and local procurement activity. The recent opportunities tagged to this code do not reflect vascular or percutaneous surgical procedures; instead, they span institutional healthcare contracting including inmate medical and pharmacy services, pharmacy benefit management (PBM) for county employees, virtual primary and urgent care services, peer support programs for behavioral health workers, and fire department medical director services. State and local governments do not procure specific surgical procedures through UNSPSC coding in the manner this code implies—the tagging appears to reflect a data classification mismatch rather than legitimate procurement activity under the code's nominal scope.

The issuing bodies across the recent opportunities include county commissioners' offices (Collier County, Monroe County, Muscogee County), county health and behavioral health agencies (San Mateo County), and municipal fire departments (Santa Monica Fire Department). Geographic activity is scattered across Florida, Georgia, and California with no concentration pattern. Representative recent solicitations include 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 employees and 4,800 covered members (due April 9, 2026), and Monroe County's RFP for Virtual Primary & Urgent Care Services for 2,300 county members (due April 16, 2026). This code shows no active procurement signal for vascular surgery or percutaneous interventional procedures at the state and local level.