UNSPSC 85503064: Excision of left external carotid artery, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to excision of 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 03BN3ZZ

UNSPSC 85503064, Excision of left external carotid artery, percutaneous approach, is a Commodity code that does not map meaningfully to recent state and local procurement activity. The code nominally describes a specific surgical procedure performed by medical professionals, yet the recent solicitations tagged under it span independent medical evaluation services, surgical benefit carve-out programs, occupational medical surveillance, youth detention healthcare, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing — none of which involve excision of the external carotid artery or are surgical procedures in the traditional sense. The mismatch suggests the code has been misapplied or the procurement system is tagging broad healthcare service categories at a Commodity level that does not reflect the actual work being bought.

The few solicitations posted under this code originate from diverse issuing bodies: the City of Phoenix Retirement Office (independent medical evaluations for disability determinations), the City of Long Beach (surgical benefit networks), the Washington State Department of Transportation (occupational medical surveillance), Harris County Juvenile Probation Department (emergency and specialty care for detained youth), Collier County (pharmacy benefit management), and Santa Clara County Health System (temporary health professional staffing). Activity is scattered across Arizona, California, Florida, and Washington with no geographic concentration. Recent opportunities include Phoenix's $750,000 five-year disability medical evaluation RFP due October 16, 2026; Long Beach's surgical Center of Excellence carve-out RFP with anticipated award January–March 2027; WSDOT's occupational medical surveillance RFP due October 9, 2026 with a pre-bid conference scheduled August 31, 2026; and Santa Clara's temporary health professional staffing qualification RFP due October 7, 2026. No procurement activity under this code meaningfully involves the stated surgical procedure, indicating either systemic code misclassification or that this Commodity code has fallen out of active use for state and local medical procurement.