UNSPSC 85493258: Bypass right atrium to left pulmonary artery, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to bypass right atrium to left pulmonary artery, 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 02160ZR

UNSPSC 85493258 Bypass right atrium to left pulmonary artery, open approach is a Commodity code that shows little relevant recent state and local procurement activity. The recent opportunities tagged under this code do not align with its nominal scope — a specialized cardiac surgical procedure. Instead, the opportunities reflect broader healthcare service procurement: inmate medical and pharmacy services, pharmacy benefit management administration, virtual primary and urgent care delivery, peer support programs for mental health workers, and fire department medical direction. These represent administrative and operational healthcare contracting rather than the specific cardiac surgical intervention the code describes.

The mismatch between the code's technical clinical descriptor and the actual work being bought suggests either miscoding in the source data or that this commodity code is rarely or incorrectly applied in state and local procurement. The issuing bodies in the recent block span county governments (Muscogee County, Georgia; Collier County, Florida; Monroe County, Florida; San Mateo County, California) and municipal fire departments (Santa Monica, California), with activity concentrated in the Southeast and West regions. Without a body of solicitations that genuinely reflect the code's intended scope — cardiac bypass procedures or related surgical supplies and services — procurement activity under this code cannot be reliably characterized for business development purposes.