UNSPSC 85515719: Restriction of left popliteal artery, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to restriction of left popliteal artery, percutaneous 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 04VN3ZZ

UNSPSC 85515719 Restriction of left popliteal artery, percutaneous approach (Commodity) shows minimal alignment with state and local procurement activity. The code nominally describes a specific surgical procedure — the endovascular restriction or occlusion of the left popliteal artery using percutaneous technique — yet the recent opportunities posted under this code reflect procurement for occupational medical surveillance, disability medical record review, surgical benefit carve-out programs, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, and youth detention healthcare services. None of these activities involve the procedure the code describes.

The mismatch suggests either miscoding in the source materials or fundamental misalignment between the UNSPSC taxonomy assignment and the actual work state and local governments are buying. The recent solicitations span diverse issuing bodies including city retirement offices, county health systems, state transportation departments, county probation departments, and county commissioners offices across Arizona, California, Washington, and Florida, but they address healthcare administration, staffing, and benefit management rather than surgical procedure provision. State and local governments do not typically procure individual surgical procedures through these channels. Without evidence of correctly coded opportunities reflecting actual popliteal artery restriction procurement, this code shows no substantive recent activity warranting pursuit.