UNSPSC 85621158: Excision of right carotid body, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to excision of right carotid body, 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 0GB70ZZ

UNSPSC 85621158 Excision of right carotid body, open approach is a Commodity code describing a specific surgical procedure, but the recent state and local contract opportunities tagged under this code show little alignment with its nominal scope. The opportunities instead reflect medical services procurement across occupational health surveillance, disability medical evaluations, surgical benefits management, specialty healthcare delivery, pharmacy benefit administration, and temporary health professional staffing — none of which involve the surgical procedure named in the code. This mismatch suggests the code may have been incorrectly applied to these solicitations or reflects a data tagging error in the underlying source systems.

State and local issuers have posted six recent opportunities spanning health system procurement at the county and municipal level, with no clear pattern of repeat buyers or concentrated activity. Recent solicitations include the City of Phoenix Retirement Office's RFP for independent medical evaluation services for public safety disability determinations (due October 16, 2026), the City of Long Beach's RFP for surgical and medical procedure carve-out benefits through Centers of Excellence (due October 7, 2026), the Washington State Department of Transportation's RFP for occupational medical surveillance services for ferry system workers across 14 Washington locations (due October 9, 2026), Harris County Juvenile Probation Department's RFI for emergency and specialty healthcare services for detained youth (due September 25, 2026), Collier County's RFP for pharmacy benefit management services covering approximately 2,400 employees and 4,800 covered members (due April 9, 2026), and the County of Santa Clara Health System's solicitation for a qualified vendor pool for temporary health professional staffing across 13 ancillary clinical categories (due October 7, 2026). Geographic spread includes Arizona, California, Washington, Florida, and Texas. The code shows recent activity but does not reflect a cohesive procurement category aligned with its stated definition.