UNSPSC 85515883: Drainage of left popliteal artery, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to drainage 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 049N3ZZ

UNSPSC 85515883 Drainage of left popliteal artery, percutaneous approach is a Commodity code that bears no meaningful relationship to recent state and local procurement activity. The code nominally describes a specific surgical procedure, yet the recent opportunities tagged under it span occupational medical surveillance, pharmacy benefit management, disability medical evaluations, pediatric detention healthcare, and temporary health professional staffing — none of which involve vascular intervention or the popliteal artery procedure named in the code taxonomy. This appears to be a systematic mismatch between the code assignment and the work actually being solicited.

The most recent opportunities show issuing bodies across multiple jurisdictions — the City of Phoenix Retirement Office (Arizona), the City of Long Beach (California), the Washington State Department of Transportation, Harris County Juvenile Probation Department (Texas), Collier County Board of County Commissioners (Florida), and the County of Santa Clara Health System (California) — but the opportunities themselves reflect general medical administration, benefits management, and clinical staffing rather than any common thread tied to the code's stated subject matter. Without alignment between the code definition and the actual procurement activity, this code does not present a useful targeting vector for business development in state and local procurement.