UNSPSC 85492048: Destruction of thoracic aorta, percutaneous endoscopic approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to destruction of thoracic aorta, 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 025W4ZZ

The UNSPSC Commodity code 85492048 "Destruction of thoracic aorta, percutaneous endoscopic approach" shows no relevant recent state and local procurement activity. The code's abstract scope—a specific cardiac surgical procedure—does not align with any of the medical and health services being solicited in recent state and local opportunities. The source records six recent opportunities across Arizona, California, Florida, and Washington State, all tagged to this UNSPSC code in a procurement system, but none involve cardiac surgery, interventional cardiology, or thoracic aortic procedures. Instead, they solicit occupational medical surveillance (Washington State Ferries), independent medical evaluations for pension disability determinations (Phoenix), pharmacy benefit management (Collier County, Florida), temporary health professional staffing across ancillary clinical categories (Santa Clara County, California), surgical benefit carve-out program administration (Long Beach, California), and emergency and specialty medical services for juvenile detention (Harris County, Texas). The mismatch between code and actual scope signals either a data classification error in the issuing systems or the code's misapplication as a catch-all tag for unrelated health-services procurement.

State and local health-services procurement under this code tier does not represent a meaningful market opportunity at this time. Bidders evaluating this UNSPSC should verify code assignment with issuing bodies before investing in pursuit strategy, as the taxonomy entry appears disconnected from the work actually being bought.