UNSPSC 85503326: Occlusion of left temporal artery with intraluminal device, percutaneous endoscopic approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to occlusion of left temporal artery with intraluminal device, 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 03LT4DZ

UNSPSC 85503326 Occlusion of left temporal artery with intraluminal device, percutaneous endoscopic approach is a Commodity code with a nominal clinical scope that does not align with the state and local procurement activity tagged under it. The recent opportunities show no medical device procurement, surgical procedure coding, or vascular intervention services. Instead, the solicitations address occupational medical surveillance, pharmacy benefit management, independent medical evaluations for pension disability determinations, surgical procedure carve-out benefit programs, temporary health professional staffing, and emergency medical services for youth in detention. None of these services involve temporal artery occlusion procedures or intraluminal device placement. The code shows little relevant recent activity in actual state and local procurement.

The mismatch between the code's clinical nomenclature and the posted opportunities suggests either a tagging error in the source data or a misalignment of the UNSPSC taxonomy with how purchasing offices are classifying health services procurement. State and local buyers posting these solicitations — the City of Phoenix Retirement Office, the City of Long Beach, Washington State Department of Transportation, Harris County Juvenile Probation Department, Collier County Board of County Commissioners, and the County of Santa Clara Health System — are acquiring administrative health services, staffing services, and benefits management, not procedural medical devices or surgical interventions. No single opportunity references vascular devices, interventional radiology, or the specific procedure encoded in the UNSPSC number.