UNSPSC 85515756: Supplement left femoral artery with synthetic substitute, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to supplement left femoral 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 04UL3JZ

UNSPSC 85515756 Supplement left femoral artery with synthetic substitute, percutaneous approach is a Commodity code that does not align with recent state and local procurement activity on record. The code nominally describes a specific surgical procedure involving vascular grafting, yet the recent opportunities tagged under it—independent medical evaluations for disability pension determinations, surgery center-of-excellence benefit carve-outs, occupational medical surveillance, specialty medical services for detained youth, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing—involve no purchase or contracting for this procedure itself. State and local governments do not appear to be soliciting the implantation of femoral artery synthetic substitutes as a discrete commodity. Instead, the code shows a data-taxonomy mismatch that signals little relevant procurement activity under its intended scope.

The geographic spread of tagged opportunities spans Arizona, California, Washington State, Texas, and Florida, with issuing bodies including the City of Phoenix Retirement Office, the City of Long Beach, the Washington State Department of Transportation, Harris County Juvenile Probation Department, Collier County Board of County Commissioners, and the County of Santa Clara Health System. None of these solicitations involve orthopedic or vascular implant procurement. The misalignment between the code's stated scope and the actual work being purchased under it suggests that either the code was applied incorrectly during opportunity cataloging or that this particular commodity receives little to no state and local purchase volume. Firms evaluating this code for market opportunity should verify the data taxonomy assignment and focus procurement development effort on more actively solicited UNSPSC categories within healthcare contracting and medical device supply chains.