UNSPSC 85504022: Replacement of right brachial artery with nonautologous tissue substitute, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to replacement of right brachial 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 03R70KZ

UNSPSC 85504022 Replacement of right brachial artery with nonautologous tissue substitute, open approach is a Commodity code nominally describing a surgical procedure, but recent state and local opportunities tagged under this code show little relevance to vascular surgical services. The six posted opportunities span independent medical evaluation and disability determination services, surgical benefit network management for municipal employees, occupational medical surveillance for transportation workers, emergency and inpatient care for detained youth, pharmacy benefit management administration, and temporary health professional staffing placement. None involve arterial replacement or vascular surgery procurement. The issuing bodies include city retirement offices, municipalities, state transportation departments, county probation and health systems, and health system consortiums — a wide mix of administrative and operational health-care-adjacent functions rather than surgical service supply or clinical procedure contracting.

Geographic activity appears concentrated in the Southwest and California, with recent opportunities from Arizona (Phoenix), California (Long Beach, Santa Clara County), Washington State (Department of Transportation), and Texas (Harris County). The three most concrete recent opportunities illustrate the actual scope: the City of Phoenix Retirement Office's RFP for independent medical evaluation and disability record summarization (response due October 16, 2026) at $750,000 over five years; the Washington State Department of Transportation's RFP for occupational medical surveillance across 14 ferry system locations (response due October 9, 2026, pre-bid August 31, 2026); and the City of Long Beach's RFP for surgical benefit carve-out and Centers of Excellence network management (response due October 7, 2026, contract anticipated go-live April 1, 2027). The code assignment appears inconsistent with its nominal definition, suggesting either a data-quality issue in the source or a misclassification by the issuing jurisdictions.