UNSPSC 85511616: Destruction of splenic artery, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to destruction 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 04540ZZ

UNSPSC 85511616 Destruction of splenic artery, open approach is a Commodity code nominally describing a surgical procedure, but shows no relevant recent state and local procurement activity. The six recent opportunities posted under this code — independent medical evaluation services for pension disability determinations, surgical benefit carve-out programs for municipal health plans, occupational medical surveillance for state transportation workers, emergency and specialty medical services for youth detention, pharmacy benefit management administration, and temporary health professional staffing — are all health-plan administration, employee benefits, occupational medicine, or clinical staffing services. None involve splenic artery destruction or any surgical procedure code work. The mismatch signals either a cataloging error in how opportunities are tagged at the state and local level or a divergence between the code's formal definition and how procurement offices are applying it.

The issuing bodies include city pension boards (City of Phoenix), municipal HR and benefits divisions (City of Long Beach, Collier County), state transportation agencies (Washington State Department of Transportation), county health systems (Santa Clara Health System), county juvenile justice departments (Harris County), and county procurement offices serving consortium members (Collier County). Geographic spread spans Arizona, California, Florida, and Washington. If the code continues to receive tagged opportunities in health-plan and occupational-medicine domains despite its surgical-procedure name, treat it as a data-quality signal rather than a category worth pursuing under its nominal scope.