UNSPSC 85501627: Supplement left internal mammary artery with autologous tissue substitute, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to supplement left internal mammary artery with autologous tissue substitute, 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 03U107Z

UNSPSC 85501627 Supplement left internal mammary artery with autologous tissue substitute, open approach is a Commodity code that nominally describes a specific cardiac surgical procedure, yet recent state and local solicitations tagged under this code show no alignment with the code's stated medical scope. The opportunities posted under this code over the past three months span independent medical evaluation services for pension disability determinations, surgical benefit carve-out programs for public employee health plans, occupational medical surveillance for transportation workers, emergency and specialty medical services for detained youth, pharmacy benefit management administration, and temporary health professional staffing across ancillary clinical categories. None of these procurements involve cardiac surgery, internal mammary artery grafting, or autologous tissue substitution. The mismatch suggests either systematic miscoding in state and local procurement systems or that this UNSPSC category is being used as a fallback or administrative placeholder for health services procurement more broadly, disconnected from the code's actual commodity definition.

State and local activity under this code spans city pension boards, county health systems, county corrections departments, municipal employee benefits offices, and regional transportation authorities across Arizona, California, Florida, and Washington. Representative recent opportunities include the City of Phoenix Retirement Office's RFP for independent medical evaluation services (due October 16, 2026, maximum contract value $750,000 over five years), the Washington State Department of Transportation's RFP for occupational medical surveillance services across 14 ferry locations (due October 9, 2026), the City of Long Beach's RFP for surgical benefits carve-out management (due October 7, 2026, with go-live targeted April 1, 2027), and the County of Santa Clara Health System's RFQ for temporary health professional staffing across multiple ancillary clinical categories (due October 7, 2026). The code shows little relevant recent activity when measured against its stated commodity definition and appears to lack consistent application across issuing bodies.