UNSPSC 85503958: Supplement right axillary artery with nonautologous tissue substitute, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to supplement right axillary artery with nonautologous tissue 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 03U50KZ

UNSPSC 85503958 Supplement right axillary artery with nonautologous tissue substitute, open approach is a Commodity code that describes a specific surgical procedure for vascular repair. The recent state and local opportunities tagged under this code, however, reflect no activity aligned with the code's nominal surgical scope. Instead, the solicitations cover occupational medical surveillance, disability medical evaluations, pharmacy benefit management, surgical carve-out networks for employee health plans, temporary clinical staffing, and emergency medical services for detained youth—none of which involve arterial supplementation or vascular surgical procedures. The code shows little relevant recent activity, and the mismatch between the code's clinical definition and the work actually being solicited suggests either systematic miscoding or incidental tag assignment in the source records.

The issuing bodies across the six recent opportunities include state departments (Washington State Department of Transportation), counties (Harris County Juvenile Probation Department, Collier County Board of County Commissioners, County of Santa Clara Health System), and cities (City of Phoenix Retirement Office, City of Long Beach). Geographic spread spans Washington, Texas, Florida, California, and Arizona. Representative recent opportunities include the Washington State Ferries' RFP for occupational medical surveillance services (due October 9, 2026), the City of Phoenix's RFP for independent medical evaluation services for pension disability determinations (due October 16, 2026, $750,000 maximum over five years), and the County of Santa Clara Health System's non-exclusive qualified vendor pool for temporary health professional staffing across 13 ancillary clinical categories (due October 7, 2026). Given the consistent disconnect between the code's surgical definition and the actual services being procured, firms pursuing opportunities in this code should treat the UNSPSC classification as unreliable and focus on the concrete scope statements in individual RFPs rather than the code name.