UNSPSC 85515885: Drainage of right popliteal artery, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to drainage of right 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 049M3ZZ

UNSPSC 85515885 Drainage of right popliteal artery, percutaneous approach is a Commodity code that bears no meaningful relationship to actual state and local procurement activity. The recent opportunities posted under this code do not involve vascular surgical procedures; instead, they solicit occupational health surveillance, pension disability medical evaluations, pharmacy benefit management, surgical care-out programs, temporary clinical staffing, and youth detention healthcare services—none of which align with the code's nominal clinical scope.

The mismatch between code and opportunity scope indicates the code sees little relevant recent activity within state and local procurement. State and local agencies appear to be using this code incorrectly or as a catch-all for health-service solicitations that do not map cleanly to the code's definition. Buyers in this space—county retirement boards, city health systems, state transportation agencies, and county probation departments—are pursuing healthcare administration and staffing services rather than specific surgical interventions. A vendor evaluating pursuit under this code should verify with the issuing body that the code assignment is intentional before structuring a response, as the taxonomy appears to have broken down at the commodity level for these opportunities.