UNSPSC 85621157: Excision of bilateral carotid bodies, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to excision of bilateral carotid bodies, 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 0GB80ZZ

UNSPSC 85621157, Excision of bilateral carotid bodies, open approach, is a Commodity code that describes a specific surgical procedure rather than a category of goods or services typically procured by state and local government entities. The recent state and local opportunities tagged under this code do not align with the code's nominal scope. Instead, the opportunities reflect procurement of occupational and disability medical evaluation services, pharmacy benefit management, surgical carve-out benefit programs, temporary health professional staffing, and emergency medical services for detained youth — none of which constitute the surgical procedure named in the code.

The mismatch between the code's procedure-specific designation and the actual work being solicited suggests either a classification error in the underlying opportunity records or a fundamental misalignment between UNSPSC taxonomy and how these issuing bodies tag healthcare procurement. The recent opportunities span the City of Phoenix Retirement Office (disability medical evaluations), the City of Long Beach (surgical benefit carve-outs through Centers of Excellence), the Washington State Department of Transportation Ferries division (occupational medical surveillance), Harris County Juvenile Probation Department (specialty medical services for youth in custody), Collier County (pharmacy benefit management), and the County of Santa Clara Health System (temporary ancillary health professional staffing). These span multiple states and represent diverse healthcare administration and staffing procurement, not surgical procedures. Given the consistent mismatch, this code shows little actionable recent activity for firms pursuing state and local healthcare procurement opportunities in its actual nominal scope.