UNSPSC 85515225: Removal of infusion device from lower artery, percutaneous endoscopic approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to removal of infusion device from lower 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 04PY43Z

UNSPSC 85515225 "Removal of infusion device from lower artery, percutaneous endoscopic approach" is a Commodity code that shows little relevant recent activity. The code nominally describes a specific surgical procedure — percutaneous endoscopic removal of an infusion device from a lower artery — yet the six most-recent state and local contract opportunities tagged to this code are medical services procurement spanning occupational health surveillance, disability medical evaluations, pharmacy benefit management, specialty surgical networks, youth detention healthcare, and temporary health professional staffing. None of these solicitations involve infusion-device removal or any percutaneous endoscopic vascular procedure. The mismatch suggests either a classification error in how these opportunities were tagged to the code or that the code's practical use in state and local procurement differs substantially from its clinical description.

The tagged opportunities originate from a mix of issuing bodies — city retirement offices (City of Phoenix), municipal health benefits programs (City of Long Beach), state transportation agencies (Washington State Department of Transportation), county health systems (Santa Clara County, Collier County), county juvenile justice departments (Harris County), and county benefits consortia — across Arizona, California, Florida, and Washington. However, the opportunities themselves involve administrative health benefits contracting, occupational medicine surveillance, and health professional staffing, none of which falls within the scope of the code as named. A business development professional evaluating whether to pursue state and local opportunities under this code should confirm the actual commodity or service being sought in any future solicitation tagged to 85515225, as recent activity suggests the code may not reliably identify the infusion-device-removal procedure it nominally describes.