UNSPSC 85516101: Replacement of left foot artery with nonautologous tissue substitute, percutaneous endoscopic approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to replacement of left foot artery with nonautologous tissue substitute, percutaneous endoscopic 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 04RW4KZ

UNSPSC 85516101 Replacement of left foot artery with nonautologous tissue substitute, percutaneous endoscopic approach (Commodity) shows little relevant recent activity under its actual code scope. The code nominally describes a specific surgical procedure — left foot artery replacement using synthetic tissue via minimally invasive endoscopy — yet the recent state and local opportunities tagged to it involve medical surveillance, occupational health examinations, pharmacy benefit management, independent medical evaluations for pension disability determinations, surgical carve-out benefit programs, and temporary health professional staffing. None of these solicitations align with the procedural specificity the code's name describes. The mismatch suggests either that state and local procurement offices are applying the code incorrectly to tangentially related medical services, or that the code itself is not suited to capture the range of health-services contracting state and local bodies actually pursue.

Issuers posting under this code span county health systems (Santa Clara), county human resources and pension boards (Phoenix, Harris County, Collier County), state transportation agencies (Washington State Department of Transportation), and municipal government (City of Long Beach), though the connection to the code's stated scope remains unclear. Geographic posting activity appears in Arizona, California, Florida, Washington, and Texas based on the recent records, but the absence of solicitations actually seeking left foot artery replacement services or comparable vascular surgical procedures means pursue/watch decisions should not rely on this code's taxonomy placement. Practitioners pursuing vascular surgery, occupational medicine, or health plan administration work should verify the correct UNSPSC codes with issuing procurement offices rather than assume tagged opportunities match the code's descriptor.