UNSPSC 85494362: Repair aortic valve, percutaneous endoscopic approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to repair aortic valve, percutaneous endoscopic 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 02QF4ZZ

UNSPSC 85494362 Repair aortic valve, percutaneous endoscopic approach is a Commodity code that does not align with the actual scope of state and local contract activity recently posted under this classification. The recent opportunities tagged with this code involve comprehensive healthcare administration and delivery services — inmate medical and pharmacy management, pharmacy benefit management for county employees, virtual primary and urgent care platforms, peer support services for behavioral health workers, and fire department medical direction — none of which involve aortic valve repair or percutaneous endoscopic procedures. The mismatch suggests either a tagging error in the procurement system or a misclassification that does not reflect genuine demand for the cardiac service the code nominally describes.

The geographic spread of these mis-tagged opportunities spans Florida (Collier County and Monroe County), Georgia (Columbus Consolidated Government for Muscogee County Prison), California (San Mateo County), and California again (Santa Monica Fire Department), with no discernible pattern tied to the code itself. Given that the code's nominal scope — a specific surgical procedure — bears no relationship to the healthcare administration, virtual care platforms, and peer support services actually being solicited, pursuit of this code should be deferred pending clarification of the classification intent or correction of the tagging in the issuing jurisdictions' procurement systems.