UNSPSC 85513051: Extirpation of matter from left renal artery, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to extirpation of matter from left renal artery, percutaneous 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 04CA3ZZ

UNSPSC 85513051 Extirpation of matter from left renal artery, percutaneous approach is a Commodity code that shows little relevant recent activity under its stated medical-procedure scope. The six recent opportunities posted under this code reflect a mismatch between the code's clinical surgical specificity and the work actually being solicited: independent medical evaluation services for pension disability determinations, surgical benefit carve-out management for municipal employee health plans, occupational medical surveillance for transportation workers, emergency and specialty medical care for detained youth, pharmacy benefit management administration, and temporary health professional staffing placement. None of these represent the percutaneous renal artery intervention that the code nominally describes. State and local bodies appear to be using this code as a catchall for medical services procurement rather than as a designator for the specific interventional procedure the taxonomy intends.

The issuing bodies span city retirement offices (City of Phoenix), municipalities (City of Long Beach), state transportation departments (Washington State Department of Transportation on behalf of the Washington State Ferries), county juvenile probation authorities (Harris County Juvenile Probation Department), county commissioners (Collier County Board of County Commissioners), and county health systems (County of Santa Clara Health System). Geographic activity appears concentrated in Arizona, California, Florida, and Washington, with no clear pattern suggesting concentration in any single region. Recent opportunities include the Washington State Ferries' occupational medical surveillance RFP due October 9, 2026, the City of Phoenix Retirement Office's independent medical evaluation services RFP due October 16, 2026 for $750,000 over five years, and the County of Santa Clara Health System's non-exclusive temporary health professional staffing qualification pool due October 7, 2026. The code's misapplication to non-surgical administrative and occupational health services suggests either systematic miscoding at the posting stage or a deliberate but questionable stretch of the taxonomy to cover general medical services contracting.