UNSPSC 85501157: Bypass left internal carotid artery to left extracranial artery with autologous venous tissue, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to bypass left internal carotid artery to left extracranial artery with autologous venous tissue, 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 031L09K

UNSPSC 85501157, Bypass left internal carotid artery to left extracranial artery with autologous venous tissue, open approach, is a Commodity code that does not align with recent state and local procurement activity. The six recent opportunities posted across state agencies, counties, and municipal health systems are tagged to this surgical procedure code but are actually soliciting for independent medical evaluation services, pharmacy benefit management, occupational medical surveillance, surgical care networks, specialty medical services for detained youth, and temporary clinical staffing—none of which involve vascular bypass procedures or surgical implants. The code appears to be a tagging error or misclassification within the respective procurement systems rather than a reflection of actual commodity demand.

No active state and local procurement for bypass grafts or related vascular surgical devices or services is evident in the recent opportunities block. The issuing bodies—the City of Phoenix Retirement Office, City of Long Beach, Washington State Department of Transportation, Harris County Juvenile Probation Department, Collier County Board of Commissioners, and County of Santa Clara Health System—are seeking administrative medical services, benefit management, and clinical staffing support, not surgical procedures or implants. Business development professionals should not pursue this code based on current opportunity signals; the administrative and benefit-management services actually appearing in recent solicitations would be found under different UNSPSC families related to health plan administration, staffing services, or occupational health support rather than surgical procedures.