UNSPSC 85511512: Drainage of right internal iliac artery with drainage device, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to drainage of right internal iliac artery with drainage device, open 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 049E00Z

UNSPSC 85511512 Drainage of right internal iliac artery with drainage device, open approach is a Commodity-level code that shows no relevant recent state and local procurement activity. The six opportunities recently posted under this code—spanning independent medical evaluation services for pension disability determinations, surgical benefit carve-outs for municipal employees, occupational medical surveillance for ferry workers, emergency and specialty medical services for detained youth, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing—bear no relationship to vascular surgical procedures or the specific intervention the code nominally describes. State and local procurement offices are not buying drainage procedures or vascular surgical devices through these solicitations; they are procuring administrative health services, staffing, and benefits management. The code appears to be a data-entry or classification error in the procurement sources rather than a signal of actual market activity in this commodity area.

Given the mismatch between the code's clinical specificity and the actual scope of posted opportunities, firms should not treat this code as actionable for business development purposes. Monitor the code for correction or for evidence of state and local government purchasing actual vascular surgical services, but do not allocate resources to pursue work under this classification until the purchasing activity aligns with the code's definition.