UNSPSC 85515585: Dilation of left femoral artery, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to dilation of left 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 047L0ZZ

UNSPSC 85515585 Dilation of left femoral artery, open approach is a Commodity code that does not align with recent state and local procurement activity. The code names a specific surgical procedure (percutaneous dilation of the left femoral artery using an open surgical approach), yet the recent opportunities tagged under this code reflect administrative health services, benefit management, occupational medical surveillance, and temporary staffing — none of which involve surgical intervention on blood vessels. This mismatch suggests either a classification error in the tagging of these opportunities or a fundamental disconnect between the code's procedural scope and what state and local jurisdictions are actually buying under it.

The recent opportunities span multiple issuing bodies and geographies but contain no relevant activity under the code's stated definition. The City of Phoenix Retirement Office solicited independent medical evaluation services for disability determinations; the City of Long Beach requested a surgery carve-out benefit program for its PPO plan; the Washington State Department of Transportation sought occupational medical surveillance services; Harris County Juvenile Probation Department issued an RFI for emergency and specialty hospital services for detained youth; Collier County requested pharmacy benefit management services; and Santa Clara County Health System established a vendor pool for temporary ancillary clinical staffing. While several opportunities reference surgical procedures (Long Beach's carve-out includes knee, hip, orthopedic, shoulder, spine, and oncology procedures), none involve procurement of the specific arterial dilation service named in the code. The code shows little relevant recent state and local activity.