UNSPSC 85871626: Plain radiography of aorta and bilateral lower extremity arteries using low osmolar contrast

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a imaging intervention or procedure to plain radiography of aorta and bilateral lower extremity arteries using low osmolar contrast. This 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 B40D1ZZ

UNSPSC 85871626 Plain radiography of aorta and bilateral lower extremity arteries using low osmolar contrast is a Commodity code that shows minimal alignment with recent state and local procurement activity. The code's nominal scope — a specific diagnostic imaging procedure — does not match the work actually being solicited under it in the recent opportunities block. The three most recent state and local solicitations tagged to this code cover enterprise diagnostic imaging system implementation (San Mateo Medical Center's PACS procurement), special education contracted services (Birdville Independent School District), and temporary health professional staffing (Santa Clara County Health System), none of which involve plain radiography procedures or low osmolar contrast agents. The mismatch suggests either miscoding in the source data or use of the code as a catch-all placeholder for health system imaging-related procurements without regard to the specific clinical procedure the code describes.

Without recent opportunities that genuinely target the code's stated scope, the geographic footprint, issuing-body concentration, and representative work cannot be characterized with decision relevance. Practitioners evaluating this code for business development should treat recent activity as misdirected and verify actual procurement intent directly with health system purchasing offices in target markets rather than relying on the current tagging.