UNSPSC 85494166: Release mitral valve, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to release mitral valve, 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 02NG0ZZ

UNSPSC 85494166 Release mitral valve, open approach is a Commodity code that does not map to state and local government procurement activity reflected in recent opportunities. The code denotes a specific surgical procedure or implantable medical device used in open-heart mitral valve repair, but state and local solicitations tagged with this code show no alignment with cardiac surgery supplies or services. Instead, the recent opportunities under this code cover inmate medical and pharmacy services, pharmacy benefit management, virtual primary care, peer support services, and fire department medical direction — none of which involve mitral valve repair or cardiac surgical supplies. The mismatch suggests either incorrect code assignment by issuing bodies or a data classification error. State and local governments do procure clinical services and care management through RFPs issued by corrections departments, county human resources and health consortiums, county boards of commissioners, and public health agencies, but those purchases are not properly characterized by this cardiac-surgery-specific code.

The recent opportunities in the dataset span Georgia (Muscogee County Prison inmate medical and pharmacy services), Florida (Collier County pharmacy benefit management and Monroe County virtual primary care), and California (San Mateo County peer support and Santa Monica Fire Department medical direction). None of these solicitations involve the mitral valve release procedure or related cardiac surgical products that the code nominally describes, making this code inappropriate for evaluating state and local demand in this commodity category.