UNSPSC 85504914: Restriction of left ulnar artery with intraluminal device, percutaneous endoscopic approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to restriction of left ulnar artery with intraluminal device, percutaneous endoscopic 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 03VA4DZ

UNSPSC 85504914, Restriction of left ulnar artery with intraluminal device, percutaneous endoscopic approach, is a Commodity code that does not align with the recent state and local contract opportunities posted under it. The code nominally describes a specific vascular surgical procedure, but the opportunities in the dataset show no procurement of that service or related interventional vascular work. Instead, the opportunities posted under this code span occupational medical surveillance, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, disability benefit evaluation services, surgical center-of-excellence networks, and emergency healthcare for detained youth — none of which involve ulnar artery restriction procedures or the interventional techniques the code describes.

The mismatch suggests either a cataloging error in the state and local procurement system or inconsistent application of UNSPSC codes by issuing bodies. The opportunities do reflect active procurement across multiple state and local health systems — the Washington State Department of Transportation for occupational medicine, Collier County and the City of Long Beach for benefits administration, Harris County Juvenile Probation Department for emergency care, the County of Santa Clara Health System for staffing, and the City of Phoenix for independent medical evaluations — but none of these solicitations involve the vascular procedure named by the code. State and local procurement activity under this code carries minimal decision relevance to vendors working in vascular intervention or related specialties.