UNSPSC 85503271: Replacement of right thyroid artery with nonautologous tissue substitute, percutaneous endoscopic approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to replacement of right thyroid artery with nonautologous tissue substitute, percutaneous endoscopic 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 03RU4KZ

UNSPSC 85503271 Replacement of right thyroid artery with nonautologous tissue substitute, percutaneous endoscopic approach is a Commodity code that shows minimal relevance to actual state and local government procurement activity. The recent solicitations tagged under this code—independent medical evaluations for disability retirement determinations, surgical benefit carve-out programs, occupational medical surveillance, youth detention healthcare services, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing—do not align with the procedural surgical intervention named in the code's abstract title. State and local government is not buying thyroid artery replacements as a procurable commodity or service line. The code appears to be a medical billing or procedure classification from a clinical taxonomy that has been misapplied to general health services procurement. No substantive purchasing activity exists under this code for surgical procedures themselves.

The issuing bodies in the recent records span county health systems (Santa Clara, Harris, Collier), municipal retirement offices (Phoenix), municipal benefits procurement (Long Beach), and state transportation agencies (Washington Department of Transportation)—a wide mix of administrative and operational health purchasing. The geographic spread includes Arizona, California, Florida, Texas, and Washington. The work actually being bought consists of medical administration services, benefits management, staffing coordination, and healthcare access contracting—none of which constitutes the surgical procedure the code nominally describes. Firms pursuing work under this code should treat it as a data mismatch rather than an active procurement category and focus instead on the specific health services families under which these opportunities are properly classified.