UNSPSC 85501813: Bypass left subclavian artery to bilateral lower arm artery, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to bypass left subclavian artery to bilateral lower arm artery, 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 03140Z5

UNSPSC 85501813 Bypass left subclavian artery to bilateral lower arm artery, open approach is a Commodity code that nominally names a specific surgical procedure, yet recent state and local procurement activity tagged with this code shows no alignment with vascular surgery. Instead, issuing bodies are posting RFPs and RFQs for occupational medical surveillance, independent medical evaluation services, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, and surgical carve-out benefit administration — none of which involve the named surgical procedure. The mismatch between the code's stated scope and the work actually being solicited suggests either systematic miscoding in the state and local procurement system or that this code is being applied as a catch-all for health services without specificity. State and local buyers posting under this code include county commissioners (Collier County), county health systems (Santa Clara County Health System), state transportation agencies (Washington State Department of Transportation), municipal retirement boards (City of Phoenix), cities (City of Long Beach), and county probation departments (Harris County Juvenile Probation Department).

Geographic activity appears concentrated in the Southwest and West — Arizona (Phoenix), California (Long Beach, Santa Clara County), Washington (state-level), Florida (Collier County), and Texas (Harris County). Recent solicitations include the City of Phoenix Retirement Office's RFP for independent medical evaluation services (RTMRFP26001, due October 16, 2026) seeking disability medical record review and exam coordination for approximately 75 annual applications with a maximum contract value of $750,000 over five years; the Washington State Department of Transportation's RFQ for occupational medical surveillance at 14 Washington ferry locations (RFP20260825, due October 9, 2026) requiring board-certified occupational physicians and baseline through exit examinations; and the County of Santa Clara Health System's RFQ to establish a qualified vendor pool for temporary health professional staffing across 13 ancillary clinical categories (RFSQHHSFY270052, due October 7, 2026) with no guaranteed work volume. The code shows recent activity but poor alignment with its nominal commodity description, limiting reliable signals for pursuit decisions based on this classification alone.