UNSPSC 85515524: Extirpation of matter from right posterior tibial artery, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to extirpation of matter from right posterior tibial 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 04CR0ZZ

UNSPSC 85515524 Extirpation of matter from right posterior tibial artery, open approach is a Commodity code whose nominal clinical procedure name does not align with the work state and local governments are actually soliciting under this code. The recent opportunities show no procurement activity for the specified vascular surgical procedure; instead, issuing bodies are tagging health services contracting—occupational medical surveillance, disability medical evaluations, pharmacy benefit management, temporary clinical staffing, and surgical care coordination—under this code. The mismatch suggests the code has been assigned incorrectly to these opportunities or state and local procurement systems are using the code to classify broader health services procurement that falls well outside the vascular surgery scope the code's name implies.

The six recent opportunities span state and local health authorities across multiple jurisdictions: the City of Phoenix Retirement Office (independent medical evaluation for disability determinations), the City of Long Beach (surgical benefit carve-out coordination), the Washington State Department of Transportation on behalf of Washington State Ferries (occupational medical surveillance), Harris County Juvenile Probation Department in Texas (specialty and emergency medical services for detained youth), Collier County in Florida (pharmacy benefit management), and the County of Santa Clara Health System in California (temporary health professional staffing). The geographic spread includes Arizona, California, Florida, Texas, and Washington. Given the disconnect between the code's stated surgical procedure scope and the health services administration work actually being procured, bidders should verify code assignment before pursuing opportunities tagged to UNSPSC 85515524, as the code does not appear to reflect current state and local procurement practice under its published definition.