UNSPSC 85493504: Supplement ventricular septum with synthetic substitute, percutaneous endoscopic approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to supplement ventricular septum with synthetic substitute, percutaneous endoscopic 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 02UM4JZ

UNSPSC 85493504 Supplement ventricular septum with synthetic substitute, percutaneous endoscopic approach is a Commodity code that describes a specific cardiac surgical procedure, but the recent state and local procurement activity tagged under this code does not reflect clinical cardiac procedures—instead, the opportunities solicited relate to inmate medical and pharmacy services, pharmacy benefit management, virtual primary and urgent care services, peer support for peer workers, and fire department medical direction. The code shows a significant mismatch between its nominal scope (a specialized interventional cardiology technique) and what state and local governments are actually buying under it in practice.

The geographic spread of recent activity spans Florida (Collier County and Monroe County), Georgia (Muscogee County), California (San Mateo County), and California again (Santa Monica Fire Department), with no clear concentration in any single state or region. Recent solicitations include Columbus Consolidated Government's RFP No. 26-0008 for comprehensive inmate medical and pharmacy services at Muscogee County Prison (due May 15, 2026), Collier County Board of County Commissioners' RFP 25-8414 for Pharmacy Benefit Management Services covering approximately 2,400 employees and 4,800 covered members (due April 9, 2026), Monroe County Board of County Commissioners' RFP for Virtual Primary & Urgent Care Services for approximately 2,300 county members (due April 16, 2026), and Santa Monica Fire Department's RFP for a Fire Department Medical Director (due October 16, 2025). The code appears to be consistently misapplied to healthcare service procurement rather than the surgical procedure it nominally describes, suggesting that either the taxonomy assignment is incorrect at the source level or state and local buyers are using this code as a catch-all for healthcare service administration outside its intended scope.