UNSPSC 85505150: Drainage of left ulnar artery with drainage device, percutaneous endoscopic approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to drainage of left ulnar artery with drainage 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 039A40Z

UNSPSC 85505150 Drainage of left ulnar artery with drainage device, percutaneous endoscopic approach is a Commodity code that shows no meaningful alignment with recent state and local procurement activity. The code describes a specific surgical procedure—drainage of the left ulnar artery via percutaneous endoscopic approach with a drainage device—yet the six recent opportunities posted under this code span occupational medical surveillance, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, disability medical evaluations, surgical care networks, and emergency youth detention medical services. None of these solicitations involve procurement of or contracting for the ulnar artery drainage procedure itself, which falls outside the scope of state and local government purchasing.

The mismatch indicates that either the code has been misapplied to these opportunities or the taxonomy entry does not reflect how state and local procurement offices are actually using this code. No recent opportunities in the source material represent genuine procurement activity for the procedure named in the code. Vendors should verify code accuracy with issuing bodies before pursuing opportunities tagged under this Commodity code, as the tagging does not support the work described in the UNSPSC definition.