UNSPSC 85516227: Extirpation of matter from left popliteal artery, percutaneous endoscopic approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to extirpation of matter from left popliteal artery, 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 04CN4ZZ

UNSPSC 85516227 Extirpation of matter from left popliteal artery, percutaneous endoscopic approach is a Commodity code that does not align with state and local government procurement activity. The code describes a specific surgical procedure on the popliteal artery, but recent state and local contract opportunities tagged to this code address unrelated services: disability medical evaluation administration, surgical benefit carve-out networks, occupational medical surveillance, juvenile detention healthcare, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary clinical staffing. None of these solicitations involve vascular surgery, arterial intervention, or the clinical procedure the code nominally describes. The mismatch suggests either miscoding in source systems or use of the code as a catch-all taxonomy marker for health and medical services more broadly.

The recent opportunities showing under this code span multiple states and issuing bodies—the City of Phoenix Retirement Office (Arizona), City of Long Beach (California), Washington State Department of Transportation, Harris County Juvenile Probation Department (Texas), Collier County (Florida), and County of Santa Clara Health System (California)—with no clear geographic concentration or repeat buyer pattern. Because the code does not reflect actual procurement intent or scope, it carries minimal signal value for business development targeting state and local contracts. Vendors should verify code accuracy with issuing agencies before pursuing opportunities tagged to 85516227.