UNSPSC 85504017: Replacement of right ulnar artery with synthetic substitute, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to replacement of right ulnar 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 03R90JZ

UNSPSC 85504017, Replacement of right ulnar artery with synthetic substitute, open approach, is a Commodity code that shows no relevant state and local procurement activity. The six recent opportunities tagged under this code—independent medical evaluation services for disability pension determinations, surgical benefit carve-out programs for employee health plans, occupational medical surveillance for transportation workers, specialty medical services for detained youth, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing—describe healthcare administration, staffing placement, and benefits management functions that do not correspond to vascular surgical procedures or implantable medical devices. The code appears to be a procedural classification from clinical taxonomy that state and local purchasing systems have misapplied to administrative healthcare contracting.

No state and local government has recently solicited vascular surgery, arterial replacement, or synthetic vascular grafts under this code. The mismatch between the code's clinical scope and the administrative healthcare services actually being bought signals either data classification error or a breakdown in how issuing bodies are mapping procurement activity to UNSPSC. Firms pursuing state and local healthcare contracts should verify coding accuracy through issuing bodies directly and flag this code as inactive for procurement targeting purposes.