UNSPSC 85513538: Replacement of left colic artery with synthetic substitute, percutaneous endoscopic approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to replacement of left colic artery with synthetic substitute, percutaneous endoscopic 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 04R74JZ

UNSPSC 85513538 Replacement of left colic artery with synthetic substitute, percutaneous endoscopic approach is a Commodity code that sees minimal relevant state and local procurement activity. The code's nominal scope — a specific surgical procedure on the colic artery — does not align with the recent opportunities tagged to it in the state and local market. The few solicitations posted under this code in the past two months instead address occupational medical surveillance, independent medical evaluations for pension disability determinations, surgical benefit carve-out programs, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, specialty emergency medical services for youth in custody, and related health-system administrative services. These are administrative and staffing activities rather than medical procedures on the colic artery, and the code-tagging appears to reflect either data-entry error or categorical misconfiguration by the issuing bodies.

The mismatch between the code's procedure-specific title and the actual scope of work being solicited suggests that state and local procurement offices may be using this code as a catch-all for health service contracts without precision to its clinical definition. The issuing bodies include county health systems (Santa Clara, Harris County, Collier County), city retirement offices (Phoenix), municipal governments (Long Beach), and state transportation departments (Washington State Department of Transportation). Geographic activity concentrates in California, Arizona, Washington, and Florida, with Florida showing multiple recent postings. A business development professional evaluating this code should treat it as dormant for its stated clinical purpose and consider whether the broader health-services and medical-staffing activity tagged to it — represented by the Phoenix Fire and Police Pension Board's independent medical evaluation RFP due October 16, 2026, and the Santa Clara Health System's temporary ancillary health professional staffing RFQ due October 7, 2026 — represents a strategic category worth pursuing independently of the UNSPSC taxonomy alignment.