UNSPSC 85502038: Bypass innominate artery to left lower leg artery with synthetic substitute, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to bypass innominate artery to left lower leg artery with synthetic 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 03120JB

UNSPSC 85502038 Bypass innominate artery to left lower leg artery with synthetic substitute, open approach is a Commodity code that nominally describes a specific surgical procedure; however, the recent state and local opportunities tagged under this code show no alignment with vascular surgery services or medical device procurement. Instead, the opportunities reflect general health services procurement—occupational medical surveillance, independent medical evaluations for pension disability determinations, pharmacy benefit management, surgical carve-out networks, temporary health professional staffing, and emergency medical services for youth in custody. The code appears to be a mislabeling or data-entry error in the state and local procurement systems, as none of the solicitations involve procurement of vascular grafts, surgical instruments, or the specific bypass procedure the code nominally describes. State and local governments are not currently soliciting vascular surgery services under this code designation.

The recent opportunities span multiple issuing bodies across different states and service lines. The City of Phoenix Retirement Office sought independent medical evaluation services for disability pension determinations (RFP, due October 16, 2026); the City of Long Beach requested proposals for surgical procedure carve-out networks within its employee health plan (RFP, due October 7, 2026); the Washington State Department of Transportation, on behalf of Washington State Ferries, solicited occupational medical surveillance services (RFP, due October 9, 2026); Harris County Juvenile Probation Department issued an RFI for emergency and specialty medical services for detained youth (RFI, due September 25, 2026); the County of Santa Clara Health System sought temporary health professional staffing across ancillary clinical categories (RFQ, due October 7, 2026); and Collier County sought pharmacy benefit management services with approximately $8.7 million in annual historical pharmacy spending (RFP, due April 9, 2026). Activity appears concentrated in Arizona, California, Florida, and Washington, with no clear pattern of repeat procurement under this specific code. The divergence between the code's nominal scope and actual solicitations signals that this code should not be used for vascular surgery vendor pursuit; firms should verify the correct UNSPSC codes before preparing responses.