UNSPSC 85511618: Destruction of gastric artery, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to destruction of gastric 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 04520ZZ

UNSPSC 85511618 Destruction of gastric artery, open approach is a Commodity code nominally describing a surgical procedure; however, state and local governments show no recent procurement activity aligned with that clinical scope. The six most recent opportunities tagged under this code do not involve gastric artery destruction or open surgical approaches. Instead, they span independent medical evaluation services, occupational health surveillance, specialty center-of-excellence networks for surgical procedures, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, and emergency medical services for youth in detention. The code appears to have been applied incorrectly to these solicitations, which describe health plan administration, staffing, and ancillary clinical services rather than a specific surgical procedure. No state or local procurement activity directly matching the code's nominal scope is evident in the recent-opportunities record.

The mismatch between the code's stated definition and the actual work being solicited suggests either a data-entry error in the UNSPSC classification system used by these jurisdictions or a fundamental misalignment between the procurement taxonomy and how state and local health agencies tag their medical services contracts. Issuers include the City of Phoenix Retirement Office (Arizona), the City of Long Beach (California), the Washington State Department of Transportation, Harris County Juvenile Probation Department (Texas), Collier County (Florida), and the County of Santa Clara Health System (California). Given the absence of relevant activity under this code, pursuit is not recommended without clarification from individual issuing bodies about whether the code assignment reflects their actual procurement intent.