UNSPSC 85492736: Removal of nonautologous tissue substitute from heart, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to removal of nonautologous tissue substitute from heart, open 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 02PA0KZ

UNSPSC 85492736 Removal of nonautologous tissue substitute from heart, open approach is a Commodity code whose nominal scope—cardiac surgical procedure coding—bears no relationship to the state and local contract activity actually posted under it. The recent opportunities block shows no cardiac surgical removals, implants, or related clinical procedures; instead, the opportunities reflect administrative medical services (disability benefit evaluations, occupational health surveillance, pharmacy benefit management), clinical staffing (temporary health professional placements), and specialty surgical network carve-outs for employee health plans. The code appears to have been applied incorrectly to one or more of these solicitations by the issuing jurisdictions, or the underlying taxonomy assignment is misaligned with how state and local procurement offices tag their buys.

The recent opportunities span issuing bodies including a city retirement office (City of Phoenix), municipal human resources departments (City of Long Beach, Collier County), a state transportation agency (Washington State Department of Transportation), a county health system (County of Santa Clara), a county juvenile probation department (Harris County), and county benefits administration (Collier County). Geographic activity includes Arizona, California, Florida, and Washington. Because the UNSPSC code's nominal scope does not match the work actually being solicited, the code shows little actionable signal for firms pursuing state and local cardiac surgery or tissue-substitute procurement opportunities.