UNSPSC 85504152: Drainage of right ulnar artery with drainage device, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to drainage of right ulnar artery with drainage device, 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 039900Z

UNSPSC 85504152 Drainage of right ulnar artery with drainage device, open approach is a Commodity code that does not align with state and local procurement activity. The code describes a specific surgical procedure—a clinical intervention on a single named anatomical site and vessel—but the recent state and local opportunities solicited under this code are administrative and occupational health services with no connection to vascular surgery or the procedure named in the code. The City of Phoenix Retirement Office requested independent medical evaluation services for disability benefit determinations; the City of Long Beach solicited a surgical carve-out benefit program for Centers of Excellence managing bundled payments across multiple procedure types; the Washington State Department of Transportation (on behalf of Washington State Ferries) sought occupational medical surveillance services; Harris County Juvenile Probation Department issued an RFI for emergency and specialty medical services for detained youth; Collier County sought Pharmacy Benefit Management services; and Santa Clara County Health System established a qualified vendor pool for temporary health professional staffing in ancillary clinical categories. None of these solicitations involve drainage procedures, vascular surgery, or right ulnar artery interventions.

The mismatch between the code's clinical specificity and the operational scope of actual procurements suggests either a tagging error in the source data or a fundamental misalignment between UNSPSC medical procedure codes and state and local health administration purchasing. The code shows no relevant recent activity for business development purposes in state and local procurement.