UNSPSC 85504358: Bypass left brachial artery to upper arm vein with autologous venous tissue, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to bypass left brachial artery to upper arm vein 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 031809D

UNSPSC 85504358 Bypass left brachial artery to upper arm vein with autologous venous tissue, open approach is a Commodity code that nominally describes a specific surgical vascular procedure, yet the recent state and local contract opportunities posted under it bear no meaningful connection to that procedural scope. The opportunities instead reflect healthcare administration, occupational medicine, pharmacy benefit management, medical staffing, and employee health plan management — none of which align with vascular surgery or surgical procedures.

The issuing bodies span diverse public-sector healthcare constituencies: the City of Phoenix Retirement Office (managing public safety pension disability determinations), the City of Long Beach (municipal employee health benefits), the Washington State Department of Transportation (occupational health surveillance), Harris County Juvenile Probation Department (detention-facility healthcare), Collier County (employee pharmacy benefits), and the County of Santa Clara Health System (temporary clinical staffing). Recent solicitations include the Phoenix Fire Pension Board and Police Pension Board's RFP for independent medical evaluation services due October 16, 2026; the City of Long Beach's RFP for surgical carve-out and Center of Excellence network management due October 7, 2026; Washington State Ferries' RFP for occupational medical surveillance due October 9, 2026; and the County of Santa Clara Health System's qualification vehicle for temporary ancillary health professional staffing due October 7, 2026. Geographic activity spans Arizona, California, Washington, Texas, and Florida, with no meaningful concentration in any single jurisdiction.

The code shows material mismatch between its nominal taxonomic scope — a defined vascular surgical procedure — and actual procurement activity. State and local buyers using this code are not purchasing vascular surgery, surgical supplies, or surgeon services; they are procuring healthcare plan administration, occupational medicine surveillance, medical staffing placement, and disability benefits evaluation. This suggests either systematic miscoding in the source data or a data-entry error in the opportunities assigned to this Commodity code. The opportunities themselves are legitimate and active, but they do not reflect procurement under the code's intended surgical scope. Firms pursuing opportunities in healthcare administration, occupational medicine networks, pharmacy management, or clinical staffing should not rely on this code to identify relevant state and local buying activity.