UNSPSC 85503055: Extirpation of matter from left external carotid artery, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to extirpation of matter from 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 03CN3ZZ

UNSPSC 85503055 Extirpation of matter from left external carotid artery, percutaneous approach is a Commodity code that shows little relevant recent activity under state and local procurement. The code nominally describes a specific surgical procedure, but the recent state and local opportunities tagged to this code do not reflect vascular or surgical intervention work. Instead, the opportunities span independent medical evaluation services for disability pension determinations, pharmacy benefit management, occupational medical surveillance, surgical center-of-excellence carve-out programs for municipal employee health plans, temporary health professional staffing, and emergency medical services for youth in custody. None of these solicitations involve extirpation of arterial matter or percutaneous carotid procedures.

The mismatch indicates either miscoding in state and local procurement databases or that this commodity code does not reflect active state and local buying in vascular surgery or interventional cardiology. The recent opportunities originate from diverse issuing bodies—the City of Phoenix Retirement Office, the City of Long Beach, the Washington State Department of Transportation, Harris County Juvenile Probation Department, Collier County Board of County Commissioners, and the County of Santa Clara Health System—but none appear to solicit the clinical service this code nominally names. A business development professional evaluating this code should verify the correct UNSPSC classification before pursuing opportunities under this designation.