UNSPSC 85493550: Replacement of left atrium with nonautologous tissue substitute, percutaneous endoscopic approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to replacement of left atrium with nonautologous tissue 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 02R74KZ

UNSPSC 85493550 Replacement of left atrium with nonautologous tissue substitute, percutaneous endoscopic approach (Commodity) does not reflect what state and local governments are actually buying under this code. The recent opportunities tagged to this UNSPSC describe occupational medical surveillance, independent medical evaluations for pension disability determinations, surgical benefit carve-out programs, emergency and specialty medical services for detained youth, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing — none of which involve left atrium replacement or cardiac tissue substitutes. The code appears to be a clinical procedure descriptor from a medical coding taxonomy that state procurement offices have incorrectly applied to administrative and occupational health services, creating a fundamental mismatch between the UNSPSC label and the work being solicited.

The jurisdictions posting opportunities under this code include state departments (Washington State Department of Transportation, on behalf of Washington State Ferries), counties (Collier County Board of County Commissioners, Harris County Juvenile Probation Department, County of Santa Clara Health System), and cities (City of Phoenix Retirement Office, City of Long Beach). Representative recent opportunities include the Washington State Department of Transportation's occupational medical surveillance services RFP for ferries personnel across 14 Washington locations, due October 9, 2026, with a pre-bid conference on August 31; the City of Phoenix Retirement Office's independent medical evaluation services RFP for disability pension determinations, with proposals due October 16, 2026 and a maximum contract value of $750,000 over five years; the City of Long Beach's surgical benefit carve-out program RFP due October 7, 2026, targeting Centers of Excellence networks for knee, hip, orthopedic, shoulder, spine, heart, weight loss, and oncology procedures; and the County of Santa Clara Health System's temporary health professional staffing qualification RFP due October 7, 2026, establishing a vendor pool across 13 ancillary clinical categories. Given the persistent gap between the UNSPSC code definition and the procurements it tags, firms relying on this code for targeting state and local opportunities will encounter noise that obscures signal.