UNSPSC 85621159: Excision of left carotid body, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to excision of left 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 0GB60ZZ

UNSPSC 85621159 Excision of left carotid body, open approach is a Commodity code that nominally describes a surgical procedure, but the recent state and local contract opportunities indexed under it do not reflect surgical services. Instead, the solicitations posted under this code span healthcare administration and management services: inmate medical and pharmacy services for correctional facilities, pharmacy benefit management for county employees, virtual primary and urgent care platform services, peer support services for behavioral health workers, and fire department medical director services. The code appears misapplied to these opportunities, which involve care coordination, claims processing, vendor management, and clinical oversight rather than surgical excision. State and local issuing bodies using this code include county corrections departments, county human resources and health benefit divisions, county boards of commissioners, county behavioral health agencies, and municipal fire departments. No standout repeat buyer appears across the recent opportunities.

Geographic activity centers on Florida (Collier County and Monroe County), Georgia (Muscogee County), and California (San Mateo County), with scattered municipal activity (Santa Monica Fire Department). Recent representative solicitations include the Columbus Consolidated Government's RFP No. 26-0008 for comprehensive inmate medical and pharmacy services at Muscogee County Prison, with proposals due May 15, 2026, seeking five years of comparable correctional healthcare experience and NCCHC accreditation; Collier County's RFP 25-8414 for Pharmacy Benefit Management Services covering approximately 2,400 employees and 4,800 covered members with an estimated historical annual spend of $8.7 million and a proposal deadline of April 9, 2026; and Monroe County's RFP for Virtual Primary & Urgent Care Services for 2,300 county members, due April 16, 2026, structured as an all-inclusive per-employee-per-month rate with performance guarantees at risk. The code shows no clear relevance to surgical services procurement and warrants verification against the actual UNSPSC taxonomy assignment for healthcare administration and management activities.