UNSPSC 85516333: Destruction of left posterior tibial artery, percutaneous endoscopic approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to destruction of left 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 045S4ZZ

UNSPSC 85516333 Destruction of left posterior tibial artery, percutaneous endoscopic approach is a Commodity code that shows no relevant recent state and local procurement activity. The code's nominal scope—a specific surgical procedure code drawn from clinical taxonomy—does not align with the recent opportunities posted under this code designation. The six recent state and local solicitations tagged to this code instead solicit independent medical evaluation services, surgical benefit carve-out programs, occupational medical surveillance, emergency and specialty healthcare for detained youth, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing. None of these opportunities involve the specific vascular surgical procedure named in the code. This mismatch indicates either a data classification error in the source material or that the code is being used outside its clinical intent by state and local procurement offices.

The recent opportunities do reflect broad demand across state and local jurisdictions for medical services administration, care coordination, and occupational health support. Issuing bodies include city retirement boards (Phoenix), municipal healthcare purchasers (Long Beach), state transportation agencies (Washington State Department of Transportation on behalf of the Washington State Ferries), county juvenile justice systems (Harris County), county health care purchasing consortiums (Collier County), and regional health systems (Santa Clara County). Geographic activity spans Arizona, California, Florida, and Washington. Practitioners evaluating this code should recognize that the code designation does not signal procurement opportunity in the procedure's clinical scope and should flag the mismatch for correction before routing leads or allocating pursuit resources.