UNSPSC 85503600: Principal arteries upper body, open approach

This class includes one or more of 17 standard surgical interventions or procedures on component parts of the principal arteries of the upper body with open approach. These surgical interventions or procedures are listed in the World Health Organization's International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems or ICD-10 PCS under code 03.

UNSPSC 85503600 Principal arteries upper body, open approach is a Class code that does not align with recent state and local procurement activity. The code nominally describes a surgical procedure, yet the most recent solicitations tagged under it span inmate medical and pharmacy services, pharmacy benefit management, virtual primary and urgent care, peer support for behavioral health workers, and fire department medical direction—none of which involve surgical intervention on principal arteries. The mismatch suggests either miscoding at the source level or a data artifact with no meaningful market signal for this code's stated scope.

State and local issuers across Florida, Georgia, and California have posted RFPs under this code, but none of the opportunities reflect the surgical or interventional nature implied by the code name. Muscogee County Consolidated Government (Georgia) solicited comprehensive inmate medical and pharmacy services with a due date of May 15, 2026; Collier County (Florida) requested pharmacy benefit management services due April 9, 2026; Monroe County (Florida) posted a virtual primary and urgent care RFP due April 16, 2026; San Mateo County (California) sought peer support services for behavioral health workers; and Santa Monica Fire Department (California) advertised for a fire department medical director. The divergence between the code's technical name and the work actually being sourced suggests that business development professionals should verify coding assignments directly with issuing bodies rather than relying on this taxonomy entry for procurement planning.