UNSPSC 85504137: Excision of left brachial artery, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to excision of left brachial 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 03B80ZZ

UNSPSC 85504137 Excision of left brachial artery, open approach (Commodity) does not map to active state and local procurement activity. The code describes a specific surgical procedure — excision of the left brachial artery via open surgical approach — a clinical intervention that state and local governments do not typically procure as a standalone service line or commodity. The recent opportunities tagged to this code are in fact for comprehensive inmate medical and pharmacy services, pharmacy benefit management, virtual primary and urgent care services, peer support programs, and fire department medical direction — none of which involve procurement of excision of the left brachial artery as a distinct service or product.

State and local government procurement under UNSPSC coding is primarily transactional and commodity-based. The presence of this clinical-procedure code in a state and local procurement dataset suggests a classification misalignment rather than genuine buying activity. Vendors evaluating this code should verify whether opportunities tagged to it are substantively related to the code's clinical definition or represent broader healthcare service categories miscoded in the jurisdiction's system.