UNSPSC 85494167: Release aortic valve, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to release aortic 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 02NF0ZZ

UNSPSC 85494167 Release aortic valve, open approach is a Commodity code for a specialized surgical implant, but the recent state and local opportunities tagged under it show no procurement of cardiac devices—instead, they reflect health services contracts for inmate medical care, pharmacy benefit management, virtual primary care, peer support services, and fire department medical direction. The code shows a categorical mismatch: the UNSPSC definition names a specific cardiac surgical product, but the opportunities posted under it are comprehensive healthcare service agreements. State and local procurement offices tagging these contracts appear to have applied the code incorrectly or used it as a catch-all for health-related RFPs. The actual buying activity involves medical services delivery contracts, not implantable medical devices, making the code's nominal scope and real recent activity substantially unrelated.

The recent opportunities span multiple issuing bodies—Columbus Consolidated Government (Muscogee County Prison inmate medical services, May 2026 RFP), Collier County Board of County Commissioners (pharmacy benefit management, April 2026 RFP), Monroe County Board of County Commissioners (virtual primary and urgent care services, April 2026 RFP), San Mateo County Behavioral Health and Recovery Services (peer support services, July 2025 RFP), and Santa Monica Fire Department (medical director services, October 2025 RFP)—spanning Florida, Georgia, California, and other states. The opportunities range from approximately $8.7 million annually in projected pharmacy spending (Collier County) to $580,000 total project funding (San Mateo County peer support). Because the code does not track actual cardiac-device procurement, no meaningful geographic concentration or buying pattern emerges. Practitioners should treat this code as dormant for implantable valve work at the state and local level and monitor these health services solicitations under their correct UNSPSC codes instead.