UNSPSC 85494241: Replacement of aortic valve with synthetic substitute, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to replacement of aortic valve with synthetic substitute, percutaneous 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 02RF3JZ

UNSPSC 85494241 Replacement of aortic valve with synthetic substitute, percutaneous approach is a Commodity code that bears no meaningful relationship to actual state and local procurement activity. The code nominally describes a specific surgical procedure — transcatheter aortic valve replacement — but the recent opportunities tagged under it reflect generic health services administration, occupational medical surveillance, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary clinical staffing, none of which involves implantable medical devices or procedural substitutes. State and local governments do not procure or contract for individual surgical procedures as line items; they contract for health plan administration, provider networks, medical staffing, and occupational health programs. The mismatch suggests either data-tagging error in the source system or use of the code as a catch-all for health-related services unrelated to the nominal commodity scope.

The six recent opportunities span three states — Arizona (Phoenix Retirement Office independent medical evaluation services, due October 16, 2026), California (City of Long Beach surgery benefit carve-out RFP, due October 7, 2026; Santa Clara County temporary health professional staffing, due October 7, 2026), Washington (WSDOT occupational medical surveillance, due October 9, 2026) — plus Texas (Harris County Juvenile Probation emergency medical services RFI, due September 25, 2026) and Florida (Collier County pharmacy benefit management, due April 9, 2026). The issuing bodies are county health systems, county commissions, state transportation agencies, and municipal retirement offices. These opportunities do not represent procurement under the stated code; they reflect a taxonomy miscoding at the source level. A business development professional evaluating vendor eligibility or market scope under UNSPSC 85494241 should treat this code as inactive for state and local purposes and seek recoding guidance from the source procurement office.