UNSPSC 85503449: Destruction of right temporal artery, percutaneous endoscopic approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to destruction of right temporal 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 035S4ZZ

UNSPSC 85503449 Destruction of right temporal artery, percutaneous endoscopic approach is a Commodity code. The code shows minimal relevance to state and local procurement activity. Recent opportunities tagged with this code involve medical evaluation and staffing services — occupational health surveillance, pharmacy benefit management, temporary clinical staffing, and disability medical record review — none of which involve surgical intervention on the temporal artery or relate to the code's nominal scope of endoscopic arterial destruction.

The source documents six recent state and local opportunities (Phoenix Retirement Office, City of Long Beach, Washington State Department of Transportation, Harris County Juvenile Probation Department, Collier County, and County of Santa Clara) but none describe procurement of surgical vascular procedures. The mismatch between the code's clinical specificity and the broad administrative and staffing services actually solicited suggests the code may have been applied in error or that state and local procurement systems are using it as a catch-all for medical services outside its intended surgical taxonomy. Practitioners should verify the correct code before pursuing opportunities under this classification.