UNSPSC 85515738: Supplement left posterior tibial artery with synthetic substitute, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to supplement left posterior tibial artery with synthetic substitute, 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 04US3JZ

UNSPSC 85515738 Supplement left posterior tibial artery with synthetic substitute, percutaneous approach is a Commodity code that exhibits a significant mismatch between its nominal scope — a highly specific surgical procedure involving vascular grafting — and the state and local procurement activity currently tagged under it. The recent opportunities posted under this code do not involve vascular surgery or percutaneous tibial artery procedures. Instead, they represent a broad spectrum of health services procurement: independent medical evaluations for pension disability determinations, surgical benefit carve-out programs for employee health plans, occupational medical surveillance for ferry system workers, emergency and specialty healthcare for detained youth, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary ancillary clinical staffing. None of these solicitations align with the code's procedural definition. The issuing bodies span state departments (Washington State Department of Transportation), counties (Harris County, Collier County, Santa Clara County), and municipalities (City of Phoenix, City of Long Beach), indicating widespread use of this code across state and local government structures despite the apparent misclassification.

The geographic spread of recent activity includes Arizona, California, Florida, Texas, and Washington, with no dominant concentration. Representative recent opportunities include the City of Phoenix Retirement Office's RFP (RTMRFP26001) for independent medical evaluation services with a response date of October 16, 2026 and a $750,000 maximum contract value over five years; the City of Long Beach's RFP (HR26753) for surgical and medical procedure carve-out services through Centers of Excellence, due October 7, 2026; and the Washington State Department of Transportation's RFP (RFP20260825) for occupational medical surveillance services, due October 9, 2026 with a pre-bid conference scheduled for August 31, 2026. The code shows no meaningful recent activity aligned with its stated procedural scope, suggesting either systematic miscoding in state and local procurement systems or abandonment of the vascular-surgery-specific classification in favor of broader health services taxonomy. Business development professionals should treat this code as a low-signal indicator and verify actual commodity codes used by target issuing bodies before pursuing work under this classification.