UNSPSC 85503136: Destruction of right common carotid artery, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to destruction of right 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 035H3ZZ

UNSPSC 85503136 Destruction of right common carotid artery, percutaneous approach is a Commodity code that appears in state and local procurement activity with minimal relevance to the actual scope of work being solicited. The code's nominal surgical procedure scope bears no connection to the recent opportunities posted under it, which cluster instead around occupational health surveillance, disability medical evaluations, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, and surgical carve-out benefit programs for public employees and retirees. State and local issuers tagging work to this code include city retirement offices, county health systems, state transportation departments, county juvenile probation departments, and county commissioners' procurement offices. The mismatch between the code's stated procedural content and the breadth of health services administration, medical staffing, and benefit management being solicited suggests either a cataloging error or misapplication of the UNSPSC taxonomy to health services contracting at the state and local level.

Recent activity spans Arizona, California, Washington, Florida, and Texas. Representative solicitations include the City of Phoenix Retirement Office's RFP for independent medical evaluation services (due October 16, 2026, maximum contract value $750,000 over five years), the Washington State Department of Transportation's RFP for occupational medical surveillance at Washington State Ferries (due October 9, 2026, with a pre-bid conference on August 31, 2026), the City of Long Beach's RFP for surgical benefit carve-out programs (due October 7, 2026, targeting Centers of Excellence for knee, hip, orthopedic, shoulder, spine, heart, weight loss, and oncology procedures), and the County of Santa Clara Health System's non-exclusive multiple-award qualification solicitation for temporary health professional staffing across ancillary clinical categories (due October 7, 2026). Collier County issued an RFP for pharmacy benefit management services with historical annual pharmacy spending of approximately $8.7 million, though that posting carried an April 2026 deadline that has passed. The code shows little relevant recent activity aligned to its nominal scope.