UNSPSC 85492054: Bypass thoracic aorta to right pulmonary artery, percutaneous endoscopic approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to bypass thoracic aorta to right pulmonary artery, 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 021W4ZQ

UNSPSC 85492054 Bypass thoracic aorta to right pulmonary artery, percutaneous endoscopic approach is a Commodity code that sits at the lowest tier of the taxonomy, yet recent state and local procurement activity tagged under this code bears no operational relationship to the specific surgical procedure its name describes. The recent solicitations clustered under this code — independent medical evaluation services for pension disability determinations, surgical benefit carve-out programs for employee health plans, occupational medical surveillance for transportation workers, emergency and specialty medical care for detained youth, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing — are administrative healthcare purchasing, not cardiac surgical procedures. The issuing bodies span diverse local government types: city retirement offices (Phoenix), municipal employee benefit programs (Long Beach), state transportation authorities (Washington State Department of Transportation), county juvenile justice (Harris County), county human resources and benefits administration (Collier County, Santa Clara County), and county health systems. This mismatch suggests the code has been applied as a catch-all for healthcare services procurement rather than as a descriptor of specific implantable medical devices or surgical interventions.

The geographic spread of recent activity includes Arizona (Phoenix Retirement Office RFP for independent medical evaluation, due October 16, 2026), California (City of Long Beach surgical benefits RFP, due October 7, 2026; Santa Clara County temporary health professional staffing RFSQ, due October 7, 2026), Washington (WSDOT occupational medical surveillance RFP, due October 9, 2026), Texas (Harris County Juvenile Probation Department medical services RFI, due September 25, 2026), and Florida (Collier County pharmacy benefit management RFP, due April 9, 2026). The volume and variety of issuers and the absence of any cardiac-procedure-specific solicitation confirm that this code's recent activity does not align with its commodity name. Business development professionals should treat this code as a misclassified category within state and local procurement systems and verify the actual scope of work sought before pursuing opportunities listed under it.