UNSPSC 85516229: Extirpation of matter from left femoral artery, percutaneous endoscopic approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to extirpation of matter from left femoral 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 04CL4ZZ

UNSPSC 85516229 Extirpation of matter from left femoral artery, percutaneous endoscopic approach is a Commodity code that does not match the work actually being solicited in recent state and local procurement activity. The UNSPSC code nominally describes a specific cardiovascular surgical procedure, but the recent opportunities tagged under it span occupational medical surveillance, independent medical evaluations for pension disability determinations, health plan benefit carve-outs for specialty procedures, temporary health professional staffing, pharmacy benefit management, and emergency medical services for detained youth. None of these scopes involve extirpation of matter from a femoral artery or any vessel-specific endoscopic work. The code appears to be a taxonomy mismatch rather than an active procurement category reflecting actual state and local health services activity.

The geographic spread of these misaligned opportunities spans Arizona (City of Phoenix), California (City of Long Beach, County of Santa Clara), Washington State (WSDOT Washington State Ferries), Florida (Collier County), and Texas (Harris County), suggesting that the code-tagging error is distributed across multiple jurisdictions and issuing bodies rather than concentrated in one region or agency. With no recent state and local opportunities genuinely aligned to the code's nominal scope, vendors pursuing work under this code should verify the accuracy of any tagged solicitation before investing in proposal development.