UNSPSC 85516420: Bypass left popliteal artery to popliteal artery with autologous arterial tissue, percutaneous endoscopic approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to bypass left popliteal artery to popliteal artery with autologous arterial tissue, 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 041N4AL

UNSPSC 85516420 Bypass left popliteal artery to popliteal artery with autologous arterial tissue, percutaneous endoscopic approach is a Commodity code that shows minimal alignment with recent state and local procurement activity. The code describes a specific surgical procedure—a vascular bypass operation performed using minimally invasive endoscopic techniques—yet the recent solicitations tagged under it involve occupational medical surveillance, disability medical evaluations, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, and surgical care coordination through Centers of Excellence networks. None of these service lines directly procure or deliver the narrow vascular surgical procedure the code names. State and local governments do not appear to be issuing standalone solicitations for this specific bypass procedure; the code mismatch suggests either improper categorization at the point of posting or that the code reflects a procedural taxonomy designed for clinical billing rather than procurement activity.

The recent opportunities in the dataset span Arizona, California, Washington, and Florida jurisdictions—a city retirement office (Phoenix), municipal health benefit programs (Long Beach), a state transportation agency (Washington), a county juvenile justice system (Harris County, Texas), and a county health system (Santa Clara)—yet none describe purchasing vascular surgical services. The issuing-body mix reflects health benefit administration, occupational health compliance, and clinical staffing functions, not surgical procedure procurement. Without recent evidence of state and local governments actively buying bypass popliteal procedures through formal solicitation, this code should be flagged as inactive or improperly tagged in current procurement channels.