UNSPSC 85513839: Drainage of abdominal aorta, percutaneous endoscopic approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to drainage of abdominal aorta, 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 04904ZZ

UNSPSC 85513839 Drainage of abdominal aorta, percutaneous endoscopic approach is a Commodity code that shows no relevant recent state and local procurement activity. The six most-recent opportunities posted under this code — spanning Phoenix, Long Beach, Washington State, Harris County, Collier County, and Santa Clara County — solicit independent medical evaluation services for pension disability determinations, surgical benefit carve-out programs for employee health plans, occupational medical surveillance for ferry workers, emergency and specialty healthcare for detained youth, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing. None of these solicitations involve drainage procedures, abdominal aorta intervention, or percutaneous endoscopic approaches.

The mismatch between the code's clinical procedure name and the actual procurement scope suggests either a tagging error in the state and local procurement system or a fundamental misalignment between UNSPSC medical-procedure taxonomy and how state and local health systems and municipalities actually classify health services contracts. State and local governments appear to organize medical procurement around administrative service delivery — benefits management, staffing, surveillance compliance, and emergency care networks — rather than individual clinical procedures. Vendors pursuing work in this code should verify the actual scope of any opportunity posted under this classification before committing resources to pursuit.