UNSPSC 85516310: Dilation of right posterior tibial artery, percutaneous endoscopic approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to dilation of right posterior tibial 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 047R4ZZ

UNSPSC 85516310 Dilation of right posterior tibial artery, percutaneous endoscopic approach is a Commodity code that shows little relevant recent state and local procurement activity. The code describes a specific vascular surgical procedure (endovascular dilation of the right posterior tibial artery), yet the recent opportunities posted under this code do not align with interventional vascular surgery or any endovascular procedure. Instead, the tagged solicitations span occupational medical surveillance, independent medical evaluations for disability pension determinations, specialty surgical networks and Centers of Excellence, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, and youth detention healthcare — none of which involve arterial dilation procedures or require the expertise of interventional radiologists or vascular surgeons.

The mismatch between the code's procedural specificity and the actual work being solicited suggests either a data classification error in the state and local procurement systems that posted these opportunities or that the code is not actively used for its nominal scope within state and local contracting. No verifiable recent solicitations for vascular or interventional procedures appear in the source material. State and local agencies may be procuring endovascular services under different UNSPSC codes, through health system service lines rather than competitive procurement, or may not be tagging vascular procedures to commodity-level codes at all. Business development professionals evaluating this code should verify current coding practices with individual health system procurement offices rather than rely on recent activity under this taxonomy entry.