UNSPSC 85493257: Bypass left atrium to pulmonary trunk with autologous venous tissue, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to bypass left atrium to pulmonary trunk with autologous venous tissue, 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 021709P

UNSPSC 85493257, Bypass left atrium to pulmonary trunk with autologous venous tissue, open approach, is a Commodity code that shows little relevant recent state and local procurement activity. The recent opportunities posted under this code describe occupational medical surveillance, independent medical evaluations for pension disability determinations, surgical benefit carve-outs for municipal employees, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, and specialty medical services for detained youth — none of which align with the code's nominal scope of a specific cardiac surgical procedure. State and local procurement offices do not typically solicit individual surgical techniques or procedures under this code; the mismatch suggests either miscoding by the issuing bodies or a fundamental divergence between the code's clinical definition and actual state and local buying patterns.

The mislabeling here reflects a broader signal: this code does not appear in active use for state and local contracting. The opportunities tagged to it address administrative health services, staffing placement, and benefit management rather than the surgical intervention the code nominally describes. A firm evaluating pursuit under this code should verify the actual scope before investing in proposal preparation, as the code's use in these solicitations does not reflect a genuine market for the procedure itself within state and local procurement channels.