UNSPSC 85515448: Release right popliteal artery, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to release right popliteal 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 04NM0ZZ

UNSPSC 85515448 Release right popliteal artery, open approach is a Commodity code whose nominal medical-procedure classification does not align with the state and local procurement activity recently tagged under it. The recent opportunities posted under this code address comprehensive healthcare services, pharmacy benefit management, virtual care delivery, peer support programs, and emergency medical direction — none of which involve surgical intervention on the popliteal artery. State and local procurement offices appear to have applied this code as a catch-all taxonomy marker for health services contracting rather than as a descriptor of specific surgical procedures; the mismatch between the code's clinical scope and the actual work being solicited signals either systematic miscoding or a broad interpretive stretch of the commodity classification that does not reflect genuine procurement need for this specific procedure.

The recent opportunities show activity across Florida (Collier County and Monroe County), Georgia (Muscogee County), and California (San Mateo County and Santa Monica), with issuing bodies spanning county health departments, county commissions, county human resources divisions, and municipal fire departments. The Muscogee County Prison RFP (posted April 15, 2026, due May 15, 2026) solicits comprehensive inmate medical and pharmacy services; Collier County's RFP 25-8414 (due April 9, 2026) seeks pharmacy benefit management services covering approximately 2,400 employees and 4,800 members with historical annual spending near $8.7 million; Monroe County (due April 16, 2026) is procuring virtual primary and urgent care services for approximately 2,300 county members; San Mateo County BHRS (due July 2, 2025) is funding peer support services for peer workers at $580,000 over three years; and Santa Monica Fire Department (due October 16, 2025) is seeking a physician medical director for EMS oversight. The concentration of activity in the past four months across multiple state and local jurisdictions in disparate regions suggests routine miscoding rather than genuine procurement demand aligned with the code's nominal surgical scope.