UNSPSC 85516257: Drainage of left femoral artery, percutaneous endoscopic approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to drainage 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 049L4ZZ

UNSPSC 85516257 Drainage of left femoral artery, percutaneous endoscopic approach is a Commodity code that shows no relevant recent state and local procurement activity. The code nominally describes a specific surgical procedure, but the six recent opportunities tagged to it concern occupational medical surveillance, independent disability medical evaluations, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, surgical procedure carve-out networks, and emergency medical services for youth in detention — none of which involve drainage procedures or vascular intervention. The mismatch suggests either a data-quality issue in the tagging or a fundamental misalignment between the code's procedural scope and how state and local procurement offices are classifying health services work.

State and local governments do solicit medical services and staffing widely, as the recent opportunities demonstrate across Arizona, California, Washington, Texas, and Florida. However, those opportunities are being tagged inconsistently or to codes that do not reflect their actual clinical or administrative nature. Until the tagging resolves or opportunities materialize that genuinely concern this specific surgical procedure, the code presents no actionable market signal for business development targeting state and local buyers.