UNSPSC 85515535: Excision of left anterior tibial artery, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to excision of left anterior 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 04BQ0ZZ

UNSPSC 85515535 (Excision of left anterior tibial artery, open approach) is a Commodity code that nominally describes a specific surgical procedure, yet state and local procurement activity under this code does not reflect surgical procurement at all. Instead, recent opportunities show healthcare administration, occupational medicine, pharmaceutical management, and workforce staffing — none of which align with the code's stated scope of a defined surgical intervention. The City of Phoenix Retirement Office is soliciting independent medical evaluation services for disability benefit determinations; the City of Long Beach is requesting a surgical carve-out benefit program for employee health plans; Washington State Department of Transportation is procuring occupational medical surveillance; Harris County Juvenile Probation Department is seeking emergency and specialty medical services for youth in custody; and Collier County is requesting pharmacy benefit management. The mismatch between the code's procedural label and the actual work being bought suggests either a tagging error in the state procurement system or that the code is being misapplied to general medical administration categories.

The issuing bodies span county human resources departments, city pension boards, state transportation agencies, and county health systems across Arizona, California, Florida, Washington, and Texas. The single representative recent opportunity most directly aligned with medical services is Washington State Department of Transportation's occupational medical surveillance RFP (RFP20260825, due October 9, 2026), which requires baseline, periodic, and exit medical examinations at 14 ferry system locations across the state. The remaining opportunities address benefits administration, formulary management, youth detention healthcare, and temporary clinical staffing — none constitute the surgical procedure the code nominally describes. Activity under this code appears to reflect systematic mislabeling rather than genuine procurement demand for anterior tibial artery excision.