UNSPSC 85502127: Supplement left internal mammary artery with autologous tissue substitute, percutaneous 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, percutaneous 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 03U137Z

UNSPSC 85502127 Supplement left internal mammary artery with autologous tissue substitute, percutaneous approach is a Commodity code, but the code shows little relevant recent activity in state and local procurement. The recent opportunities posted under this code do not reflect the medical procedure described by the code's nominal scope. Instead, the opportunities soliciting under this code tag span occupational health surveillance, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, disability medical evaluations, surgical benefit carve-outs, and youth detention medical services — none of which align with the specific cardiac surgical procedure named in the code. State and local procurement offices appear to have applied this code incorrectly to general healthcare services and medical staffing RFPs rather than to the narrow surgical intervention the code describes.

Issuing bodies include the Washington State Department of Transportation (ferries division), the City of Phoenix Retirement Office, the City of Long Beach, Collier County in Florida, Santa Clara County Health System in California, and Harris County Juvenile Probation Department in Texas. Geographic spread spans Washington, Arizona, California, Florida, and Texas. Because the code's taxonomy definition does not match the actual work being bought, a business development professional evaluating this code should treat it as a data-quality issue rather than a genuine market signal. Firms selling cardiac surgical services or tissue-substitute implants would be better served tracking codes under the medical devices or surgical services families rather than pursuing opportunities posted under this commodity code.