UNSPSC 85513773: Excision of middle colic artery, percutaneous endoscopic approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to excision of middle colic artery, 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 04B84ZZ

UNSPSC 85513773 Excision of middle colic artery, percutaneous endoscopic approach is a Commodity code whose nominal title does not reflect the actual procurement activity appearing in recent state and local solicitations. The recent opportunities tagged under this code fall into three distinct domains: occupational and disability medical surveillance and evaluation services; surgical and medical procedure benefit management for public employee health plans; and temporary health professional staffing for hospital systems. None of these categories align with the vascular surgical procedure named in the code's abstract title. State and local buyers using this code are city retirement offices, county health systems, state transportation departments, county juvenile justice agencies, and municipal human resources departments managing employee benefits or occupational health programs. The scope of work actually being solicited includes disability medical record review and independent medical examination coordination for pension benefit determinations, Centers of Excellence surgical benefit carve-outs for employee PPO plans, occupational medical surveillance for transportation workers, emergency and specialty healthcare for detained youth, pharmacy benefit management administration, and temporary staffing placement for hospital ancillary clinical services.

Recent opportunities reflect geographic spread across Arizona, California, Florida, and Washington, with activity concentrated in larger municipal and county jurisdictions. Representative solicitations include the City of Phoenix Retirement Office's RFP (RTMRFP26001) for independent medical evaluation services for disability pension applications, due October 16, 2026, with a five-year contract maximum of $750,000; the City of Long Beach's RFP (HR26753) for surgical benefit carve-out management under its Anthem PPO plan, due October 7, 2026, with go-live targeted for April 1, 2027; the Washington State Department of Transportation's RFP (RFP20260825) for occupational medical surveillance across 14 ferry system locations, due October 9, 2026, with a two-year initial term and pre-bid conference on August 31, 2026; and Santa Clara County Health System's qualification vehicle (RFSQHHSFY270052) for temporary health professional staffing across 13 ancillary clinical categories, due October 7, 2026. The mismatch between the code's procedural title and the actual work being solicited signals potential taxonomy misclassification in the source data; pursuit strategy should verify code alignment with individual opportunities rather than rely on the nominal code definition.