UNSPSC 85502805: Bypass left temporal artery to intracranial artery with autologous venous tissue, 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 autologous venous tissue, 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 031T09G

UNSPSC 85502805 Bypass left temporal artery to intracranial artery with autologous venous tissue, open approach (Commodity) shows minimal alignment between its nominal scope—a surgical procedure code—and recent state and local procurement activity tagged under it. The code title describes a specific neurosurgical intervention, yet the recent opportunities posted under this code cover occupational medical surveillance, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, independent medical evaluations for pension disability determinations, surgical benefit carve-out programs, and emergency medical services for youth in custody. None of these solicitations involve the surgical procedure named in the code. State and local procurement offices appear to have tagged these opportunities with this code in error, suggesting either a data-quality issue in how medical services are classified or a fundamental mismatch between UNSPSC's clinical-procedure vocabulary and how government health systems actually structure healthcare services procurement.

Given this misalignment, the code shows no genuine recent activity in state and local procurement for the named service. The opportunistic tagging reflects a broader challenge: UNSPSC clinical-procedure codes do not map cleanly to how counties, cities, and state health systems buy medical services. Business development professionals should treat this code as inactive for state and local contracting purposes and instead monitor broader health services and staffing codes where actual demand is being signaled through live solicitations from the City of Phoenix Retirement Office, Washington State Department of Transportation, City of Long Beach, Collier County, Harris County Juvenile Probation Department, and Santa Clara County Health System.