UNSPSC 85504136: Excision of right ulnar artery, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to excision of right ulnar artery, open 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 03B90ZZ

UNSPSC 85504136 Excision of right ulnar artery, open approach is a Commodity code that does not align with state and local procurement activity visible in recent opportunities. The code describes a specific surgical procedure for vascular excision and does not match the scope of work being solicited by state and local jurisdictions under this code designation.

The recent opportunities tagged to this code reflect healthcare administration and service delivery, not surgical procedures: inmate medical and pharmacy services, pharmacy benefit management, virtual primary and urgent care, peer support for behavioral health workers, and emergency medical services medical direction. These solicitations span correctional health management, municipal insurance benefit administration, county employee health plans, behavioral health innovation pilots, and fire department medical oversight. The issuing bodies include correctional departments (Muscogee County, Georgia), county benefits administration (Collier County, Florida; Monroe County, Florida), county behavioral health agencies (San Mateo County, California), and municipal fire departments (Santa Monica, California). Geographic activity appears concentrated in Florida, Georgia, and California in the recent record. None of these opportunities call for surgical procedures or clinical excision services; they request administrative healthcare platforms, managed care networks, and medical direction or peer support staffing. The mismatch between the code's nominal scope and the actual work being bought suggests this code is either misapplied to these opportunities or sees limited authentic procurement activity aligned with its taxonomy definition.