UNSPSC 85515350: Supplement left popliteal artery with synthetic substitute, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to supplement left popliteal artery with synthetic substitute, 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 04UN0JZ

UNSPSC 85515350 Supplement left popliteal artery with synthetic substitute, open approach is a Commodity code that describes a specific surgical procedure, but the recent state and local procurement activity tagged under this code bears no substantive relationship to vascular surgery or medical devices. The posted opportunities include independent medical evaluation services for retirement disability determinations, surgical carve-out benefit programs for municipal employee health plans, occupational medical surveillance for state ferry workers, emergency and specialty medical services for detained youth, pharmacy benefit management administration, and temporary health professional staffing—none of which involve popliteal artery supplementation or vascular surgical intervention. This code shows no relevant recent state and local procurement activity.

The mismatch between the code's surgical-procedure nomenclature and the actual opportunities posted suggests either persistent miscoding in the source data or administrative tagging errors across multiple issuing bodies. Issuers named in these records—the City of Phoenix Retirement Office, City of Long Beach, Washington State Department of Transportation, Harris County Juvenile Probation Department, Collier County Board of County Commissioners, and Santa Clara County Health System—are pursuing healthcare administration, benefits management, and occupational health services, not orthopedic or vascular surgical supplies. A business development professional evaluating this code for procurement pursuit should treat it as dormant for state and local contracting purposes and verify the correct UNSPSC classification for their actual service or product line.