UNSPSC 85503078: Drainage of left external carotid artery, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to drainage 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 039N3ZZ

UNSPSC 85503078 Drainage of left external carotid artery, percutaneous approach is a Commodity code whose nominal scope — a specific surgical procedure — does not align with the state and local procurement activity tagged under it. Recent opportunities show no solicitations for carotid artery drainage procedures or related surgical services. Instead, the code has been applied to six unrelated state and local health-services procurements spanning occupational medical surveillance, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, independent medical evaluations for pension disability determinations, surgical procedure carve-out benefits, and emergency/specialty medical services for detained youth. The mismatch between the code's clinical name and the actual work being solicited suggests either miscoding at the state and local level or use of this code as a catch-all for health-related services outside its intended scope. Given this fundamental disconnect, the code shows little actionable procurement activity in the category it nominally describes.

Activity is concentrated among state and county entities rather than cities or school districts, and geographic spread spans Arizona, California, Florida, Washington, and Texas across six opportunities posted between late July and mid-September 2026. Representative recent solicitations include the City of Phoenix Retirement Office's RFP for independent medical evaluation services (RTMRFP26001, due October 16, 2026, $750,000 over five years), the Washington State Department of Transportation's RFP for occupational medical surveillance across 14 ferry system locations (RFP20260825, due October 9, 2026), the County of Santa Clara Health System's RFSQ for temporary health professional staffing across ancillary clinical categories (RFSQHHSFY270052, due October 7, 2026), and Collier County's RFP for pharmacy benefit management services covering 2,400 enrolled employees (RFP 25-8414, due April 9, 2026, approximately $8.7 million annually in historical spending). None of these opportunities align substantively with the code's stated procedure, indicating systematic miscoding rather than legitimate procurement activity under this Commodity classification.