UNSPSC 85504955: Supplement left axillary artery with nonautologous tissue substitute, percutaneous endoscopic approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to supplement left axillary artery with nonautologous tissue substitute, 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 03U64KZ

UNSPSC 85504955 Supplement left axillary artery with nonautologous tissue substitute, percutaneous endoscopic approach is a Commodity code whose nominal taxonomy—a highly specific surgical procedure—bears no relation to the work state and local governments are actually buying under this code. The recent solicitations tagged with this code span independent medical evaluation services, pharmacy benefit management, occupational health surveillance, specialty surgery carve-out benefit programs, temporary clinical staffing, and emergency medical services for youth in custody. None of these activities involve surgical arterial supplementation or tissue substitutes. The code shows no relevant recent activity aligned with its stated scope.

State and local issuing bodies—including the City of Phoenix Retirement Office, City of Long Beach, Washington State Department of Transportation, Harris County Juvenile Probation Department, Collier County Board of County Commissioners, and Santa Clara County Health System—are using this code to classify health benefits administration, occupational medicine, and clinical staffing services across Arizona, California, Washington, Florida, and Texas. The geographic spread and issuing-body mix suggest the code has been misapplied or repurposed as a catch-all taxonomy for non-surgical health services procurement, rendering it unsuitable for business development targeting actual arterial surgical supply or service opportunities.