UNSPSC 85495103: Removal of external heart assist system from heart, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to removal of external heart assist system from heart, 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 02PA3RZ

UNSPSC 85495103 Removal of external heart assist system from heart, percutaneous approach is a Commodity code that appears to capture a highly specialized surgical procedure; however, the recent state and local contract opportunities posted under this code show little alignment with its nominal scope. The opportunities reflect instead a broad portfolio of occupational health surveillance, independent disability medical evaluations, pharmacy benefit management, temporary clinical staffing coordination, surgical procedure carve-out programs, and youth detention medical services. None of these solicitations involve removal of external heart assist devices. The code shows no state or local governments actually procuring the specific procedure named in the Commodity definition during the recent posting window.

Given this fundamental mismatch between the code's stated scope and the work reflected in current opportunities, the code does not represent a viable pursuit for firms focused on heart assist device removal services or related cardiac surgical technologies. The opportunities that do appear — Phoenix's disability medical evaluation RFP, Washington State Ferries' occupational medical surveillance ITB, Long Beach's surgical centers-of-excellence carve-out RFP, Santa Clara Health System's temporary clinical staffing RFSQ, Collier County's pharmacy benefit management RFP, and Harris County's youth detention medical services RFI — are categorically distinct from one another and do not cohere around a single service line or buyer profile. State and local procurement teams should verify the actual UNSPSC codes assigned to these opportunities through the original solicitation documents; the code assignment here does not reflect the goods or services actually being purchased.