UNSPSC 85516423: Bypass left popliteal artery to foot artery with autologous venous tissue, percutaneous endoscopic approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to bypass left popliteal artery to foot artery with autologous venous 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 041N49P

UNSPSC 85516423 Bypass left popliteal artery to foot artery with autologous venous tissue, percutaneous endoscopic approach is a Commodity code that does not reflect the scope of work appearing in recent state and local procurement activity posted under this classification. The code nominally describes a specific surgical vascular procedure; however, the recent solicitations tagged to this code are for occupational medical surveillance, independent medical evaluations for pension disability determinations, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, surgical benefit carve-out programs, and specialty medical services for youth in detention — none of which align with the narrowly defined vascular surgery procedure the code names. The mismatch appears to be a classification error on the part of the issuing jurisdictions rather than evidence of a market for this Commodity code itself. State and local buyers posting these opportunities — the City of Phoenix, City of Long Beach, Washington State Department of Transportation, Harris County Juvenile Probation Department, Collier County Board of County Commissioners, and Santa Clara County Health System — are health plan administrators, pension boards, and public employers seeking third-party medical services vendors and health benefits processors, not providers of bypass procedures.

The code shows little relevant recent activity aligned to its actual scope. Practitioners evaluating opportunities under UNSPSC 85516423 should verify the accuracy of code assignment in any RFP or RFQ from the issuing jurisdictions named above, as these solicitations do not represent procurement of vascular surgery services or related surgical implants and supplies.