UNSPSC 85511480: Excision of celiac artery, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to excision of celiac 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 04B10ZZ

UNSPSC 85511480 Excision of celiac artery, open approach is a Commodity code that does not align with the recent state and local contract opportunities posted under it. The code nominally describes a surgical procedure — excision of the celiac artery using an open surgical approach — a clinical intervention typically performed in hospital operating rooms or surgical centers. The five most recent opportunities associated with this code, however, solicit comprehensive health services contracts: inmate medical and pharmacy services for a county prison, pharmacy benefit management for a county employee health plan, virtual primary and urgent care services for county employees, peer support services for behavioral health workers, and medical direction for a fire department EMS program. None of these opportunities involve surgical procedures or celiac artery intervention. The mismatch suggests either a data classification error in the procurement systems that posted these opportunities or a systematic misapplication of the surgical code to broader healthcare service categories. State and local procurement offices have not solicited actual celiac artery excision services under this code in the recent record.

The geographic distribution of the five opportunities spans Florida (Collier County and Monroe County), Georgia (Columbus Consolidated Government / Muscogee County), California (San Mateo County), and California (Santa Monica Fire Department). Because the opportunities do not reflect the code's stated scope, no meaningful signal emerges about state or local procurement demand for celiac artery excision services. A firm evaluating this code should treat the recent-opportunities record as noise and seek clarification from procurement offices about the intended scope before committing business development resources.