UNSPSC 85515422: Replacement of right popliteal artery with nonautologous tissue substitute, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to replacement of right popliteal artery with nonautologous tissue 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 04RM0KZ

UNSPSC 85515422 Replacement of right popliteal artery with nonautologous tissue substitute, open approach is a Commodity code that shows a significant mismatch between its nominal scope—a specific vascular surgical procedure—and the state and local procurement activity tagged to it. The recent opportunities posted under this code do not involve popliteal artery replacement or any surgical procedure matching the code's clinical description. Instead, they span occupational health surveillance, pension disability medical evaluations, specialty surgical benefit program administration, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, youth detention healthcare coordination, and employee health plan administration. State and local procurement systems sometimes tag opportunities with clinical procedure codes when the underlying contract is administrative or purchasing in nature rather than the delivery of that specific procedure itself. In this case, the code appears to have been applied incorrectly or as a default classification by the issuing jurisdictions, rendering it an unreliable signal for vendors pursuing actual vascular surgery work or related medical device and supplies procurement.

The issuing bodies include city pension boards (City of Phoenix), municipal health systems (City of Long Beach, County of Santa Clara Health System), state transportation agencies (Washington State Department of Transportation), county probation departments (Harris County Juvenile Probation Department), and county purchasing offices (Collier County Board of County Commissioners). Geographic activity spans Arizona, California, Florida, Texas, and Washington. Representative recent opportunities include independent medical evaluation services for disability retirement determinations (City of Phoenix Retirement Office, RFP, due October 16, 2026), surgical benefit carve-out program management for city employees (City of Long Beach, RFP, due October 7, 2026), occupational medical surveillance for ferry system workers across 14 Washington locations (Washington State Department of Transportation, RFP, due October 9, 2026), and temporary health professional staffing across multiple ancillary clinical categories (County of Santa Clara Health System, non-exclusive multiple-award vehicle, due October 7, 2026). Given the fundamental disconnect between the code's clinical name and the actual procurement work being solicited, this code does not represent a reliable opportunity stream for vendors in vascular surgery, medical devices, or clinical procedure delivery.