UNSPSC 85493156: Destruction of atrial septum, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to destruction of atrial septum, 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 02550ZZ

UNSPSC 85493156, Destruction of atrial septum, open approach, is a Commodity code that shows minimal alignment with recent state and local procurement activity. The code nominally describes a surgical cardiac procedure, yet the recent opportunities tagged under it span occupational medical surveillance, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, independent medical evaluations for disability retirement determinations, surgical procedure carve-outs for health plans, and emergency/specialty medical services for detained youth. None of these solicitations involve atrial septum destruction or cardiac surgery procurement. The issuing bodies include county health systems, state departments of transportation, county commissioners' offices, municipal retirement boards, and county juvenile probation departments—a diverse mix without a unifying procurement thread related to the code's nominal scope.

The source supports no recent opportunities that directly match the code's stated clinical procedure. The geographic spread includes Washington, Arizona, California, and Florida based on the opportunities present, but these solicitations represent administrative health services, staffing, and benefit management rather than surgical procedures or medical devices aligned with the code definition. Given the consistent mismatch between the code label and the work actually being solicited, this code appears to carry a tagging error in the source data and warrants verification against the actual UNSPSC taxonomy before pursuing opportunities under it.