UNSPSC 85516456: Bypass left femoral artery to popliteal artery with synthetic substitute, percutaneous endoscopic approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to bypass left femoral artery to popliteal artery with synthetic substitute, 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 041L4JL

UNSPSC 85516456 Bypass left femoral artery to popliteal artery with synthetic substitute, percutaneous endoscopic approach is a Commodity code that shows little relevant recent activity under state and local procurement. The code nominally describes a specific surgical vascular procedure, but the recent opportunities tagged to it span occupational medical surveillance, disability medical evaluations, pharmacy benefit management, surgical benefit carve-outs, temporary health professional staffing, and emergency youth detention medical services — none of which align with the code's stated scope of a particular arterial bypass technique. The misalignment suggests either systematic tagging error or that the code is being applied to a broad category of health services procurement rather than the specific procedure it names.

The geographic spread of the unrelated opportunities spans Arizona (City of Phoenix), California (City of Long Beach, County of Santa Clara), Washington (Washington State Department of Transportation), Florida (Collier County), and Texas (Harris County), with issuing bodies including municipal governments, counties, state departments, and county health systems. No opportunities in the recent block actually solicit vascular surgical procedures, surgeon staffing, implantable devices, or related medical supplies. Given the absence of solicitations actually matching the bypass procedure described in the code, pursuing vendors under UNSPSC 85516456 should be deferred pending clarification of how state and local agencies are actually applying this commodity classification to procurement activity.