UNSPSC 85492836: Removal of extraluminal device from heart, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to removal of extraluminal device from heart, 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 02PA3CZ

UNSPSC 85492836 Removal of extraluminal device from heart, percutaneous approach is a Commodity code that does not reflect the work actually being solicited by state and local governments in the recent opportunities block. The code appears to describe a specific surgical procedure — percutaneous removal of an extraluminal cardiac device — but the six recent state and local solicitations tagged under this code span disability medical evaluations, health plan surgery benefits, occupational medical surveillance, emergency medical services for detained youth, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary clinical staffing. None of these opportunities involve cardiac device removal or percutaneous cardiac intervention. The mismatch suggests either a classification error in the tagging of these opportunities or a data-integrity issue in how the code has been applied to state and local procurement activity. Based on the source material, this code shows no relevant recent activity aligned with its nominal scope.

State and local procurement systems rely on accurate UNSPSC coding to route opportunities to firms with subject-matter expertise and relevant capabilities. When a code's name and the actual work being bought diverge this sharply, the code itself becomes a poor signal for business development purposes. Firms pursuing cardiac device removal services, hospital supply relationships, or interventional cardiology products should not rely on this code to identify genuine procurement demand.