UNSPSC 85504787: Drainage of left axillary artery, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to drainage of left axillary artery, percutaneous 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 03963ZZ

UNSPSC 85504787 Drainage of left axillary artery, percutaneous approach is a Commodity code that shows minimal alignment between its nominal scope—a specific surgical procedure—and what state and local governments are actually purchasing under this code designation. The recent opportunities posted under this code reflect occupational medical surveillance, independent disability medical evaluations, pharmacy benefit management, surgical benefit carve-out programs, temporary health professional staffing, and emergency medical services for detained youth. None of these solicitations involve drainage procedures or axillary artery intervention. The code appears to be a classification mismatch within the state and local procurement system, suggesting either a data-entry error in how opportunities were tagged or a systematic miscoding issue at the source.

The issuing bodies include city and county health systems, pension boards, and departments of transportation across multiple states: the City of Phoenix (pension board medical evaluations), the City of Long Beach (employee surgical benefit programs), Washington State Department of Transportation (occupational medical surveillance), Harris County Juvenile Probation Department (emergency and specialty services), Collier County (pharmacy benefit management), Santa Clara County Health System (temporary health professional staffing), and state departments managing employee and dependent health benefits. Given the disconnect between the code's stated procedure and the actual work being solicited, this code should be treated as inactive or miscoded for procurement-pursuit purposes. Buyers should verify the correct UNSPSC code assignment before developing a pursuit strategy, as the current code does not reliably surface procurement opportunities in any single medical service line or product category.