UNSPSC 85516128: Replacement of right femoral 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 right femoral 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 04RK4KZ

UNSPSC 85516128 Replacement of right femoral artery with nonautologous tissue substitute, percutaneous endoscopic approach is a Commodity code that shows a significant mismatch between its nominal medical-procedure scope and the work state and local governments are actually procuring under it. Recent opportunities tagged to this code do not involve vascular surgery or arterial replacement. Instead, state and local bodies are using the code to solicit disability medical evaluation services, occupational health surveillance, surgery benefit management networks, pharmacy benefit administration, and temporary health professional staffing — none of which align with the specific surgical procedure the code nominally describes.

The recent activity reflects diverse issuing bodies: the City of Phoenix Retirement Office (disability medical evaluations for public safety pensions), the Washington State Department of Transportation (occupational medical surveillance for ferry workers), the City of Long Beach (surgical procedure carve-out networks for employee health plans), Harris County Juvenile Probation Department (emergency and specialty medical services for detained youth), Collier County Board of County Commissioners (pharmacy benefit management), and Santa Clara County Health System (temporary health professional staffing). Geographic spread spans Arizona, Washington, California, Texas, and Florida. This code does not reflect meaningful procurement activity in the vascular surgical procedure category and appears to be either miscoded in submitted opportunities or used as a placeholder catch-all for health services contracting that should map to other UNSPSC categories. Firms pursuing work in this code space should verify the actual scope of work in each RFP rather than relying on the code description.