UNSPSC 85503135: Destruction of left common carotid artery, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to destruction of left common 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 035J3ZZ

UNSPSC 85503135 Destruction of left common carotid artery, percutaneous approach is a Commodity code that shows a significant mismatch between its nominal scope and recent state and local procurement activity. The code's technical medical procedure title does not reflect what state and local governments are actually buying under this classification. Recent opportunities posted under this code span occupational medical surveillance, independent medical evaluations for pension disability determinations, surgical benefit carve-out administration, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, emergency and specialty medical services for detained youth, and health plan surgery benefits—none of which involve destruction of a carotid artery or percutaneous vascular procedures. The issuing bodies include city retirement offices, state transportation departments, county health systems, county commissioners, and juvenile probation departments, indicating broad use across multiple local government sectors rather than procurement of a specific surgical procedure.

Geographic activity spans Washington State (Washington State Department of Transportation), Arizona (City of Phoenix), California (City of Long Beach and County of Santa Clara), Florida (Collier County), and Texas (Harris County). Representative recent solicitations include the City of Phoenix Retirement Office RFP RTMRFP26001 for independent medical evaluation services with a $750,000 five-year contract value and October 16, 2026 response date; the Washington State Department of Transportation RFP20260825 for occupational medical surveillance across 14 ferry system locations with October 9, 2026 proposals due and a pre-bid conference on August 31, 2026; the City of Long Beach RFP HR26753 for surgical benefit carve-out services with October 7, 2026 proposals due; and the County of Santa Clara Health System RFSQHHSFY270052 for temporary health professional staffing across multiple ancillary clinical categories with October 7, 2026 response deadline. The code's application to these opportunities appears to reflect a coding error or misclassification rather than legitimate procurement of the procedure named in the code definition.