UNSPSC 85502810: Bypass right 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 right 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 031S09G

UNSPSC 85502810 Bypass right temporal artery to intracranial artery with autologous venous tissue, open approach is a Commodity code that appears to describe a specific surgical procedure; however, the recent state and local opportunities tagged under this code do not involve surgical procedures or vascular intervention. The five recent solicitations include independent medical evaluation services for disability pension determinations, Centers of Excellence carve-out programs for employee health plans, occupational medical surveillance for ferry workers, emergency and specialty medical care for detained youth, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing. These opportunities span occupational health examinations, medical record review and summarization, managed care networks, and ancillary clinical staffing — none of which align with the code's stated scope of a specific neurovascular surgical technique. The mismatch suggests either misclassification in the source data or that the code is being used as a catch-all for health services procurement rather than for the specific procedure the code nominally describes.

The issuing bodies include city retirement offices (Phoenix), municipal health systems (Long Beach, Santa Clara County), state transportation agencies (Washington State Department of Transportation), county government (Harris County Juvenile Probation, Collier County), and health systems serving public employees. Recent activity spans Arizona, California, Florida, and Washington, with no geographic concentration evident. The range of issuers — from state transportation to county juvenile detention to municipal employee benefits — and the diversity of services (medical evaluations, managed care, occupational health, temporary staffing) suggest that UNSPSC 85502810 as presently tagged carries little decision relevance for vendors pursuing work in any of these sectors. Prospective bidders should verify code assignment against actual scope before submitting, as the nominal code description does not reflect the health services, staffing, and benefits administration work currently being solicited under this classification.