UNSPSC 85502803: Bypass left temporal artery to intracranial artery with synthetic substitute, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to bypass left temporal artery to intracranial 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 031T0JG

UNSPSC 85502803, Bypass left temporal artery to intracranial artery with synthetic substitute, open approach (Commodity), shows no recent state and local procurement activity aligned with its nominal scope. The code's clinical procedure designation does not match the medical and health-service opportunities posted in state and local markets during the recent period. The recent solicitations tagged under or near this code span occupational medical surveillance, pharmacy benefit management, independent disability medical evaluations, surgical procedure carve-out networks, temporary health professional staffing, and emergency medical services for detained youth—none of which involve neurovascular bypass procedures or implantable medical devices. This mismatch suggests either a classification error in the tagging systems used by issuing bodies or a fundamental disconnect between the code's procedural intent and state and local procurement practice.

State and local health systems, county human services agencies, and municipal retirement offices are actively soliciting medical services, benefits administration, and staffing support across multiple categories, but none of the recent postings correspond to the specific surgical intervention named in this code. A business development professional evaluating this code should recognize that UNSPSC 85502803 does not reliably predict where state and local purchasing occurs; vendors and firms seeking health-services contracts should instead track codes aligned with benefits management, staffing, occupational health, or medical care delivery logistics rather than specific clinical procedures. The geographic and issuing-body spread observed in recent opportunities—including the City of Phoenix, City of Long Beach, Washington State Department of Transportation, Harris County Juvenile Probation Department, Collier County, and Santa Clara County Health System across Arizona, California, Florida, and Washington—reflects activity in adjacent health-service categories but not in this code's labeled domain.