UNSPSC 85515036: Extirpation of matter from lower artery, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to extirpation of matter 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 04CY0ZZ

UNSPSC 85515036 Extirpation of matter from lower artery, open approach is a Commodity code that shows no relevant recent activity in state and local procurement. The recent opportunities tagged to this code — independent medical evaluations for public safety pension disability determinations, surgical benefit carve-out management for municipal employees, occupational medical surveillance for ferry workers, emergency and specialty medical services for detained youth, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing — do not align with the code's nominal scope of a surgical vascular procedure. State and local procurement offices appear to have applied this Commodity code inconsistently or as a placeholder for broader health services categories that fall outside its intended definition.

The mismatch between the code's clinical specificity and the actual solicitations suggests that buyers in this space may be consolidating health-related procurement under vascular procedure codes without regard to clinical accuracy, or that the code itself does not map well to the administrative and managed-care services state and local governments typically buy. No solicitation in the recent-opportunities block requests vascular surgery, arterial intervention, or procedural services in the sense the code describes. If your firm pursues state and local health services contracting, monitor higher-level health services families rather than this Commodity code, and confirm code alignment directly with the issuing jurisdiction before investing proposal resources.