UNSPSC 85494801: Bypass superior vena cava to left pulmonary artery, percutaneous endoscopic approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to bypass superior vena cava to left pulmonary artery, 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 021V4ZR

UNSPSC 85494801 Bypass superior vena cava to left pulmonary artery, percutaneous endoscopic approach, a Commodity code, does not reflect the work actually being solicited by state and local governments under its classification. Recent state and local contract opportunities tagged with this code show little connection to the cardiac procedure the code nominally describes. Instead, the indexed opportunities span occupational medical surveillance, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, independent medical evaluations for pension disability determinations, surgical carve-out benefit programs, and specialty medical services for detained youth — none of which involve the specific surgical procedure named in the code. The mismatch suggests either a systematic classification error in how the opportunities were tagged or that the code has been repurposed in state and local procurement systems to encompass a broader medical services category unrelated to its formal UNSPSC definition.

The issuing bodies include state health departments (Washington State Department of Transportation on behalf of Washington State Ferries), county health systems and human resources divisions (Santa Clara County Health System, Collier County, Harris County), city retirement offices (City of Phoenix), municipal employee benefit programs (City of Long Beach), and juvenile justice authorities (Harris County Juvenile Probation Department). Geographic activity spans California, Florida, Arizona, Washington, and Texas. Recent opportunities include the Washington State Ferries RFP for occupational medical surveillance services due October 9, 2026; the City of Phoenix RFP for independent medical evaluation services for pension disability determinations due October 16, 2026 with a maximum contract value of $750,000 over five years; and the County of Santa Clara RFP for temporary health professional staffing services due October 7, 2026. Without reliable alignment between the code's stated scope and the opportunities indexed to it, this code shows limited decision relevance for firms targeting contracts in the cardiac procedure supply chain.