UNSPSC 85501642: Replacement of innominate artery with nonautologous tissue substitute, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to replacement of innominate artery with nonautologous 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 03R20KZ

UNSPSC 85501642 Replacement of innominate artery with nonautologous tissue substitute, open approach is a Commodity code that shows little relevant recent activity in state and local procurement. The code nominally describes a specific surgical procedure, but the recent opportunities tagged under it bear no relationship to that clinical intervention. Instead, the opportunities represent a wide range of health administration and staffing services — independent medical evaluations for pension disability determinations, surgical benefit carve-out programs, occupational medical surveillance, specialty and emergency care for detained youth, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing — none of which involve innominate artery replacement or any arterial reconstruction procedure.

The mismatch between the code's clinical specificity and the breadth of health-services solicitations tagged to it reflects a classification error in the source data, not a market opportunity. State and local health procurement officers are soliciting these services across multiple issuing bodies (city retirement offices, county commissioners, state transportation departments, county juvenile probation, and county health systems) in Arizona, California, Florida, and Washington, but the UNSPSC code assignment does not align with the actual work being bought. Business development professionals should not rely on this code's tagging to identify genuine opportunities in surgical procedure networks, medical device supply, or any clinical service line related to arterial repair.