UNSPSC 85515540: Excision of right femoral artery, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to excision of right femoral 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 04BK0ZZ

UNSPSC 85515540 Excision of right femoral artery, open approach is a Commodity code whose nominal scope—a specific surgical procedure—bears no connection to the work actually being solicited by state and local governments under this code in recent procurement activity. The code shows no relevant recent opportunities aligned with its stated surgical scope. Instead, the six most recent opportunities tagged to this code cover occupational medical surveillance, independent medical evaluations for pension disability determinations, specialty surgical carve-out benefit programs for municipal employees, pharmacy benefit management administration, emergency and specialty medical services for detained youth, and temporary health professional staffing for clinical support roles. None of these activities involve femoral artery excision or any specific surgical procedure; they are administrative health services, benefits management, staffing, and medical-record review functions.

This mismatch suggests either a systematic miscoding error in the state and local procurement system or a data labeling issue in the source. Bidders should verify the actual UNSPSC classification required in any RFP before responding, as the opportunities present—including the City of Phoenix Retirement Office's October 16, 2026 RFP for independent medical evaluation services ($750,000 over five years), the Washington State Department of Transportation's October 9, 2026 RFP for occupational medical surveillance across 14 ferry locations, the City of Long Beach's October 7, 2026 RFP for a surgical procedure carve-out benefit program, and the Collier County Board of County Commissioners' pharmacy benefit management RFP—do not reflect the surgical intervention this code purports to describe.