UNSPSC 85504028: Replacement of right axillary 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 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 03R50KZ

UNSPSC 85504028 Replacement of right axillary artery with nonautologous tissue substitute, open approach is a Commodity code that shows no relevant recent state and local procurement activity. The code describes a specific surgical procedure and appears designed for healthcare provider billing and inventory classification rather than state or local government procurement. The six recent opportunities tagged to this code — including independent medical evaluation services for pension disability determinations (City of Phoenix), surgical benefit carve-out management (City of Long Beach), occupational medical surveillance (Washington State Department of Transportation), emergency medical services for detained youth (Harris County), pharmacy benefit management (Collier County), and temporary health professional staffing (Santa Clara County Health System) — do not involve replacement of right axillary arteries or related vascular reconstruction procedures. These solicitations procure occupational health programs, benefits administration, staffing pools, and related services that fall outside the scope of surgical prosthetic implantation.

The mismatch between the code's clinical scope and the posted opportunities suggests either a classification error in the issuing agencies' tagging systems or a misalignment between UNSPSC's healthcare procedure codes and actual state and local government buying patterns. State and local bodies do not typically procure individual surgical procedures as line items; they contract for health services delivery, insurance administration, medical staffing, and occupational health programs under higher-level family or class codes. Vendors should verify coding alignment with issuing agencies before bid pursuit under this code.