UNSPSC 85503384: Excision of left common carotid artery, percutaneous endoscopic approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to excision of left common carotid artery, 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 03BJ4ZZ

UNSPSC 85503384 Excision of left common carotid artery, percutaneous endoscopic approach is a Commodity code that does not align with actual state and local procurement activity reflected in recent opportunities. The code's nominal scope describes a specific surgical procedure performed on a patient, yet the recent solicitations tagged under this code cover occupational medical surveillance, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, independent medical evaluation services for pension disability determinations, and specialty surgical carve-out benefit administration — none of which involve performing excision of carotid arteries. The mismatch indicates either a coding error in the source material or a systematic misclassification at the issuing body level. State and local procurement activity under this code shows little to no relevance to the code's stated clinical procedure.

The geographic spread of the recent opportunities spans Arizona (City of Phoenix), California (City of Long Beach and County of Santa Clara), Washington (Washington State Department of Transportation), and Texas (Harris County), with no identifiable concentration in any single jurisdiction. Issuing bodies include city retirement offices, municipal health benefit administrators, state transportation agencies, county health systems, and county juvenile justice departments. Representative recent solicitations include the City of Phoenix Retirement Office's RFP for independent medical evaluation services (due October 16, 2026) supporting disability benefit determinations for approximately 75 annual applications at a five-year maximum contract value of $750,000; the Washington State Department of Transportation's RFP for occupational medical surveillance services across 14 ferry terminal and vessel locations (due October 9, 2026); and the County of Santa Clara Health System's qualification vehicle for temporary health professional staffing across 13 ancillary clinical categories (due October 7, 2026, non-exclusive and multiple-award with no guaranteed work). The substantive procurement activity under this code does not match its clinical description.