UNSPSC 85493821: Excision of pericardium, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to excision of pericardium, 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 02BN0ZZ

UNSPSC 85493821 Excision of pericardium, open approach is a Commodity code that does not align with recent state and local procurement activity. The code nominally describes a specific surgical procedure, yet the recent opportunities posted under this classification span occupational medical surveillance, pharmacy benefit management, health professional staffing, pension-board disability medical evaluations, and surgical benefit carve-out networks—none of which involve pericardium excision or match the procedural scope the code name implies. State and local procurement offices have tagged these opportunities with this Commodity code, but the actual work being solicited bears no meaningful relationship to the code's stated clinical content. This signals either a cataloging error in the source data or a systematic misalignment between the code assignment and the goods and services actually being procured.

The mismatch suggests that vendors evaluating this code should verify the true scope of work through the RFP or RFQ notice itself rather than relying on the UNSPSC code name. Recent opportunities originate from Arizona (City of Phoenix Retirement Office, independent medical evaluation services; Washington State Department of Transportation, occupational medical surveillance), California (City of Long Beach, surgical benefit networks; County of Santa Clara Health System, temporary health professional staffing), Florida (Collier County Board of County Commissioners, pharmacy benefit management), and Texas (Harris County Juvenile Probation Department, specialty and emergency medical services). Without alignment between the code classification and the procurement scope, this Commodity code does not serve as a reliable filter for relevant state and local contract opportunities.