UNSPSC 85493800: Pericardium inspection heart and great vessels, open approach

This class includes one or more of 22 standard surgical interventions or procedures on pericardium and inspection of the heart and great vessels with open approach. These surgical interventions or procedures are listed in the World Health Organization's International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems or ICD-10 PCS under code 02.

UNSPSC 85493800 Pericardium inspection heart and great vessels, open approach is a Class code that shows minimal relevance to actual state and local procurement activity. The code's nominal scope describes a specific cardiac surgical procedure, but recent opportunities tagged under it span occupational health surveillance, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, disability medical evaluations, surgical center-of-excellence networks, and emergency youth detention healthcare — none of which align with pericardioscopic or cardiac surgical inspection work. The mismatch suggests either systematic miscoding in the source data or that the code has been applied as a catch-all for health-related contract activity outside its intended definition.

The recent opportunities derive from geographically dispersed state and local bodies: Washington State Department of Transportation (occupational medical surveillance), the City of Phoenix Retirement Office (disability medical evaluations), the City of Long Beach (surgical benefit carve-out), Harris County Juvenile Probation Department (emergency and specialty youth healthcare), Collier County Board of County Commissioners (pharmacy benefit management), and the County of Santa Clara Health System (temporary health professional staffing). Response dates cluster in September and October 2026, with representative solicitations including WSDOT's occupational medical surveillance RFP due October 9, 2026; the City of Phoenix's disability medical evaluation RFP due October 16, 2026 with a maximum contract value of $750,000 over five years; and the City of Long Beach's surgical benefit program RFP due October 7, 2026. This code does not reliably signal procurement opportunity and should be treated with caution pending clarification of its intended scope within state and local procurement systems.