UNSPSC 85493366: Insertion of biventricular external heart assist system into heart, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to insertion of biventricular external heart assist system into 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 02HA3RS

UNSPSC 85493366 Insertion of biventricular external heart assist system into heart, percutaneous approach is a Commodity code with a nominal scope that bears no relation to the state and local procurement activity currently tagged under it. The six recent opportunities in the source—independent medical evaluation services for pension disability determinations, surgical procedure carve-out networks for municipal employees, occupational medical surveillance for ferry workers, emergency and specialty healthcare for detained youth, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing—address medical administration, occupational health compliance, benefits management, and clinical workforce supply. None involves the insertion of ventricular assist devices or any cardiac surgical implant procedure. The issuing bodies span county health systems, city retirement offices, state transportation departments, county probation departments, and county human resources divisions, reflecting a fragmented buyer base across multiple jurisdictional types and service lines.

Geographic activity is scattered across Arizona (City of Phoenix), California (City of Long Beach and County of Santa Clara), Washington (Washington State Department of Transportation), Texas (Harris County), and Florida (Collier County), with no concentration in any region. The code shows no relevant recent solicitation activity aligned with its stated commodity definition. A business development professional pursuing this code should flag the mismatch between the UNSPSC taxonomy label and actual state and local buying patterns and either clarify the correct code assignment with procurement staff or treat the code as inactive for purposes of contract pursuit.