UNSPSC 85515027: Removal of drainage device from lower artery, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to removal of drainage device from lower 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 04PY00Z

UNSPSC 85515027 Removal of drainage device from lower artery, open approach is a Commodity code that shows no relevant recent state and local procurement activity. The six recent opportunities posted under this code—independent medical evaluation services for disability pension determinations, surgical benefit carve-out programs, occupational medical surveillance, youth detention medical services, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing—fall outside the scope of vascular surgical procedures and do not reflect actual state and local buying patterns under the code's nominal classification.

The mismatch between the code's procedural specificity and the opportunities tagged to it suggests either misclassification by issuing bodies or a fundamental disconnect between UNSPSC coding practice and the code's intended scope. Business development professionals should verify code accuracy through direct conversations with procurement contacts before pursuing opportunities nominally tagged to this Commodity code.