UNSPSC 85516239: Excision of left femoral artery, percutaneous endoscopic approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to excision of 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 04BL4ZZ

UNSPSC 85516239 Excision of left femoral artery, percutaneous endoscopic approach is a Commodity code that does not align with recent state and local procurement activity. The code describes a specific surgical procedure, but the recent opportunities posted under it involve independent medical evaluation services, pharmacy benefit management, occupational medical surveillance, specialty center-of-excellence surgical networks, temporary health professional staffing, and emergency medical services for detained youth—none of which correspond to the narrow procedural scope named in the code. State and local procurement systems appear to have tagged these opportunities with this code in error or as a placeholder, resulting in a mismatch between the code's nominal definition and the actual work being solicited.

No state and local opportunities substantively purchasing services or products related to femoral artery excision procedures have posted under this code. The issuing bodies visible in the recent record—the City of Phoenix Retirement Office, City of Long Beach, Washington State Department of Transportation, Harris County Juvenile Probation Department, Collier County, and County of Santa Clara Health System—are procuring administrative medical services, benefit program management, occupational health screening, and temporary staffing, not surgical interventions. Until the code is correctly applied or opportunities materially related to vascular surgical procedures appear, this code shows little value for business development focus in state and local procurement.