UNSPSC 85505157: Drainage of left axillary artery, percutaneous endoscopic approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to drainage of left axillary artery, 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 03964ZZ

UNSPSC 85505157 Drainage of left axillary artery, percutaneous endoscopic approach is a Commodity code that shows a significant mismatch between its nominal scope and the work actually being solicited under it in recent state and local procurement. The recent opportunities tagged to this code do not involve surgical drainage procedures or vascular interventions; instead, they span occupational health surveillance, disability medical evaluations, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, surgical benefit carve-out programs for employee health plans, and information requests for emergency and specialty medical services for youth in custody. The code appears to have been misapplied to health-service procurement notices that fall outside its surgical-intervention taxonomy. State and local issuing bodies using this code include county health systems, county commissioners' offices, city retirement boards, state transportation agencies, county juvenile probation departments, and municipalities.

The recent activity is geographically dispersed across Washington State (Washington State Department of Transportation medical surveillance for ferry workers across 14 locations), California (County of Santa Clara Health System temporary staffing qualification pool, City of Long Beach surgical benefit carve-out for PPO enrollees), Florida (Collier County pharmacy benefit management for approximately 2,400 employees and 4,800 covered members), Texas (Harris County Juvenile Probation Department RFI for youth detention medical services), and Arizona (City of Phoenix Retirement Office independent medical evaluation services for approximately 75 annual disability applications). Representative opportunities include the Washington State Ferries occupational medical surveillance RFP (RFP20260825, due October 9, 2026, requiring board-certified occupational medicine physicians across 14 ferry locations), the City of Phoenix independent medical evaluation RFP (RTMRFP26001, due October 16, 2026, $750,000 five-year contract), and the Collier County pharmacy benefit management RFP (RFP 25-8414, historical spend approximately $8.7 million annually, three-year initial term effective January 1, 2026). Given the code taxonomy misalignment, this code warrants careful verification before pursuit.