UNSPSC 85511603: Destruction of left external iliac artery, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to destruction of left external iliac 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 045J0ZZ

UNSPSC 85511603 Destruction of left external iliac artery, open approach is a Commodity code that shows no relevant recent state and local procurement activity. The code describes a specific surgical procedure, while the recent opportunities tagged under it—independent medical evaluation services for pension disability determinations (City of Phoenix), surgical benefit carve-out management (City of Long Beach), occupational medical surveillance (Washington State Department of Transportation), emergency and specialty healthcare for detained youth (Harris County), pharmacy benefit management (Collier County), and temporary health professional staffing (Santa Clara County)—represent administrative healthcare procurement, benefits management, occupational health compliance, detention facility medical delivery, and clinical staffing services. These solicitations do not align with operative procedures performed on patients.

This code mismatch indicates either a tagging error in the source data or a fundamental misalignment between the code's clinical-procedure scope and the purchasing activity state and local agencies actually conduct under this designation. State and local procurement offices do not typically solicit operative procedures directly through UNSPSC codes; they contract for healthcare services delivery, staffing, and benefits administration that may include or reference such procedures as part of a broader program or facility scope. The recent opportunities span Arizona, California, Washington, Florida, and Texas across multiple issuing-body types (retirement boards, city human resources, state transportation, county probation, county health systems), but none represents procurement of the surgical service the code nominally describes. Buyers in this space should verify code application before pursuing opportunities in this category, as the current tagging suggests limited operational relevance to firms providing procedure-specific medical services.