UNSPSC 85515560: Drainage of right femoral artery with drainage device, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to drainage of right femoral artery with drainage device, 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 049K00Z

UNSPSC 85515560, Drainage of right femoral artery with drainage device, open approach (Commodity), shows a significant mismatch between its nominal scope and state and local procurement activity. The code's clinical procedure designation does not align with the work actually being solicited under it; recent opportunities posted against this code concern occupational medical surveillance, pension disability evaluations, pharmacy benefit management, Centers of Excellence surgical carve-outs, temporary health professional staffing, and youth detention medical services. None of these activities involve the specific orthopedic surgical procedure the code names. The issuing bodies posting against the code include state health departments, county human resources and benefits offices, county health systems, and municipal retirement boards—a broad mix of administrative, employee-benefits, and occupational-health functions rather than surgical procedure procurement. No evidence suggests state and local governments are actually sourcing the specific femoral artery drainage procedure under this code.

Recent opportunities span Arizona (City of Phoenix Retirement Office RFP for independent medical evaluation services, due October 16, 2026), California (City of Long Beach RFP for surgical Centers of Excellence carve-outs, due October 7, 2026; County of Santa Clara Health System RFQ for temporary health professional staffing, due October 7, 2026), Washington State (Washington State Department of Transportation RFP for occupational medical surveillance, due October 9, 2026), Texas (Harris County Juvenile Probation Department RFI for specialty medical services for detained youth, due September 25, 2026), and Florida (Collier County RFP for pharmacy benefit management services, due April 9, 2026). The code shows activity across at least six states but lacks coherent procurement signal; the taxonomic assignment appears to reflect data-entry error rather than genuine demand for the procedure named. Vendors should flag this code as mistagged and focus business development efforts on opportunities in occupational health, benefits administration, and health system staffing where the actual solicitations sit.