UNSPSC 85503440: Dilation of left common carotid artery, percutaneous endoscopic approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to dilation 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 037J4ZZ

UNSPSC 85503440 Dilation of left common carotid artery, percutaneous endoscopic approach is a Commodity code that shows minimal alignment with actual state and local procurement activity. The code nominally describes a specific surgical procedure, but the recent solicitations tagged under it reflect instead institutional healthcare service contracting—independent medical evaluations for pension disability determinations, occupational medical surveillance for transportation employees, specialty procedure carve-outs for municipal health plans, pharmacy benefit management, emergency and specialty care for detained youth, and temporary health professional staffing. None of these solicitations involve dilation of carotid arteries or percutaneous endoscopic procedures. The mismatch suggests either a systematic tagging error in the source system or that this code is being used as a catch-all placeholder for health service procurement, rendering it an unreliable signal for targeted business development.

Activity is geographically distributed across Arizona, California, Florida, Washington, and Texas, with recent opportunities posted between late July and mid-September 2026. Issuing bodies include city retirement offices (City of Phoenix), municipal health plan administrators (City of Long Beach), state transportation departments (Washington State Department of Transportation), county juvenile justice systems (Harris County), county governments (Collier County, Santa Clara County), and regional health systems. The Washington State Ferries occupational medical surveillance RFP (due October 9, 2026) and the City of Phoenix independent medical evaluation RFP (due October 16, 2026) are representative of the institutional medical services contracting actually occurring under this code. Given the code's nominal scope bears no relation to the solicitations tagged under it, firms pursuing healthcare service contracts should treat this code as a false signal and verify actual opportunity details directly rather than relying on UNSPSC classification.