UNSPSC 85515601: Destruction of left foot artery, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to destruction of left foot 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 045W0ZZ

UNSPSC 85515601 Destruction of left foot artery, open approach is a Commodity code whose nominal clinical descriptor bears no relationship to the work state and local governments are actually buying under it. The recent opportunities tagged to this code reflect a fundamental mismatch: all six recent solicitations involve occupational health surveillance, employee benefit management, pharmacy administration, temporary clinical staffing, youth detention medical services, and pension medical evaluations—none of which involve vascular surgical procedures. State and local procurement offices appear to be using this code as a catch-all for healthcare services administration and clinical staffing rather than as a surgical procedure classifier. The code sees activity from diverse issuing bodies including city retirement offices, county health systems, state transportation departments, county probation authorities, and county commissioners' offices. Work actually being solicited includes independent disability medical record review and examination coordination, occupational medical surveillance with occupational-medicine-certified physicians, pharmacy benefit management covering thousands of employees, specialty medical procedure carve-out networks for government employee health plans, temporary ancillary clinical staffing (audiology, cardiology, diagnostic imaging, orthopedic, therapy services, and related categories), and emergency and specialty inpatient care for detained youth.

Recent activity spans multiple states with the most visible concentration in Arizona, California, Florida, and Washington. The City of Phoenix Retirement Office posted an RFP (RTMRFP26001, due October 16, 2026) for independent medical evaluation services covering approximately 75 annual disability benefit applications for public safety personnel, with a five-year term ceiling of $750,000 beginning February 3, 2027. The Washington State Department of Transportation, on behalf of the Washington State Ferries, posted an RFP (RFP20260825, due October 9, 2026) for occupational medical surveillance across 14 Washington ferry locations, with a two-year initial term and optional five additional one-year extensions; a pre-bid conference is scheduled for August 31, 2026 at 11:30 a.m. Pacific Time via Microsoft Teams. The City of Long Beach posted an RFP (HR26753, due October 7, 2026) for surgical benefit carve-out services through Centers of Excellence for approximately 3,800 enrolled employees and retirees, targeting April 1, 2027 go-live and a maximum five-year term. Collier County Board of County Commissioners posted an RFP (258414, due April 9, 2026—a past deadline) for pharmacy benefit management covering approximately 2,400 employees and 4,800 covered members with historical annual pharmacy spending around $8.7 million. The mismatch between code definition and actual procurement activity suggests bidders should treat this code as a collection tool for healthcare administration and clinical staffing rather than rely on the surgical procedure title.