UNSPSC 85511586: Dilation of splenic artery, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to dilation of splenic artery, 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 04740ZZ

UNSPSC 85511586 Dilation of splenic artery, open approach is a Commodity code that does not reflect the actual work being solicited under recent state and local opportunities tagged to it. The recent opportunities block shows health care services procurements — inmate medical and pharmacy services, pharmacy benefit management, virtual primary and urgent care, peer support, and fire department medical direction — none of which involve splenic artery procedures or surgical interventions of any kind. The code's nominal scope (a surgical procedure) is materially unrelated to the health services contracting activity appearing in the opportunities dataset.

The mismatch suggests either a classification error in how opportunities were tagged to this code, or a fundamental disconnect between the code's intended use in UNSPSC medical taxonomy and its application by state and local procurement offices. No recent state and local opportunities show genuine relevance to splenic artery dilation or related surgical services under this code.