UNSPSC 85491732: Repair thoracic aorta, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to repair thoracic aorta, percutaneous 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 02QW3ZZ

UNSPSC 85491732 Repair thoracic aorta, percutaneous approach is a Commodity code that does not align with the recent state and local contract opportunities posted under this classification. The recent opportunities show no correlation to thoracic aorta repair or percutaneous surgical procedures; instead, the code has been applied to healthcare administration, pharmacy benefit management, virtual care services, peer support programs, and fire department medical direction — none of which involve surgical intervention or device-based repair of cardiovascular conditions. This mismatch suggests either a systematic tagging error in the procurement system or that the code is being misapplied to healthcare service categories for which it is not semantically suited.

The four recent opportunities posted under this code span county-level and municipal healthcare procurement across Florida, Georgia, and California, with issuing bodies including the Columbus Consolidated Government (Muscogee County Prison medical and pharmacy services, RFP due May 15, 2026), Collier County Board of County Commissioners (pharmacy benefit management services covering approximately 2,400 employees, RFP deadline April 9, 2026), Monroe County Board of County Commissioners (virtual primary and urgent care services for 2,300 county members, RFP due April 16, 2026), San Mateo County Health Behavioral Health and Recovery Services (mental health peer support pilot with $580,000 total funding), and the Santa Monica Fire Department (medical director services). These opportunities reflect administrative and primary-care healthcare contracting rather than procedural or surgical services. Given the fundamental disconnect between the code's ostensible scope and the actual work being solicited, this code warrants caution — vendors pursuing cardiovascular repair devices or percutaneous surgical services should verify code assignment independently rather than relying on this classification as a procurement signal.